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Brass thimbles from around the world, some for sewing and others just for collecting


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ANTIQUE - CLOISONNE - CHARLES ILES - T KADLETZ - OTHERS

Out of round description means the thimble is now finger-shaped

Antique brass / latten


8/805 = $14
19th C?
Brass

- has mud adhered to inside & out -
- very out of shape -
- with cracks & uneven rim -

8/807 = $19
19th C?
Brass

- covered with layer of pale mud -
- out of round -
- worn & split at apex -

8/809 = $14
19th C?
Brass

finely indented with wide band & some remains of striations
- very out of shape -
- with rim cracks & uneven rim -
- apex pitted -

8/811 = $20
England
18th C
John Lofting
Brass

cross-hatched apex
- very out of shape -
- rim starting to separate -

8/817 = $10
Brass
hand-indented
- large hole in side -
- rim has a few nicks -

8/1245 = $18
Brass
17th C?
cross-hatched apex
- drilled hole in centre of apex -
- part missing off rim -
- out of shape & covered with verdigris

NEW


L20 = $40
Nuremberg
Latten (medieval brass)

vertical hand-indentations
- has worn thin & brittle -
- a split three ways across the apex -
- small holes in apex -

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Charles Iles
ENGLAND

Norma Spicer's Iles - A Family of Thimble Makers is a must for collectors of Charles Iles thimbles


19/156 = $55
Charles Iles
14mm diameter
no maker's marks
slogan Love God
over striations
1860s
- holes in side -
- very rubbed -

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Slogans thimbles

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Cloisonne
CHINESE
Enamel on brass
Thimbles with an Australian theme


356a = $7
Kangaroo

356d = $7
Koala with baby


bk344 = $6
Ducks
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T Kadletz
AUSTRIA

8/988 = $15
laquered brass
campaign for USA elections 1976
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Other brass
There are millions of brass thimbles so if you collect brass thimbles, watch out for minor details. Most utilitarian brass thimbles have a rolled rim - so ones without this feature, are more desirable. Brass thimbles weren't marked with the size mark before the turn of the 20th C
The child's sizes were meant for use by children

19/19 = $4
size 0
18mm diameter
-- out of shape -

19/20 = $4
size 0
17mm diameter

bk1126 = $2
size 1
- nice patina -
- badly out of shape -
- small dent in apex -

8/881 = $4
size 3
15mm diameter

19/39 = $4
size 3/0
16mm diameter
- out of round -

8/887 = $4
size 4
15mm diameter

bk1127 = $3
size 4
14mm diameter
- black stain on side -

bk1315 = $3
size 4
12mm diameter

bk1313 = $4
size 5
14.5mm diameter

bk1316 = $3
size 5
14mm diameter

bk1317 = $3
size 6
13mm diameter


19/24 = $6
Child's
size 7

12mm diameter


bk1314 = $3
Child's
size 7

12mm diameter


bk1318 = $3
Child's
size 7

12mm diameter

19/18 = $4
15mm diameter
pointed apex
- out of round -

19/27 = $7
15mm diameter
- apex has been pushed in for quilting -
- out of shape -

bm220 = $2
18mm diameter
- out of round -

bm248 = $4
15mm diameter
- out of round -
- small dent on band -

bm351 = $5
19mm diameter
finely indented with cross-hatched apex
- very out of shape -

8/581 = $7
Thimbles Only Regards Jean Shoup -1985-
apex is patterned

22/15 = $20
multicoloured rings
© maker's mark lettered in apex
17mm diameter

NEW



bm356 = $6
Chinese?
16mm diameter


uu578 = $3
mini

uu663 = $7
dummy/pacifier
boxed
Set of 9 = $70

Jupiter
5/1196 = $9
Jupiter
Pluto
5/1197 = $9
Pluto
Venus
5/1198 = $9
Venus
Mars
5/1199 = $9
Mars
Earth
5/1200 = $9
Earth
Mercury
5/1201 = $9
Mercury
Uranus
5/1202 = $9
Uranus
Neptune
5/1203 = $9
Neptune
Saturn
5/1204 = $6
Saturn

- bead loose -

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  Last updated 17 August 2008  
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