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

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Abel Morrall ENGLAND See also his Steel thimbles

a448 = $15 size 3 15mm diameter NEW a452 = $16 size 6 child's 12mm diameter NEW

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Advertising thimbles Learn more about Brass advertising thimbles

a230 = $45 England Gutermann’s Sewing Silk a319 = $35 Alderman Sewing Silk 15mm diameter a351 = $35 England Charles Iles Use Hudson’s Soap over striations 15mm diameter NEW

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Antique brass / latten

8/805 = $13 19th C? Brass - has mud adhered to inside & out - - very out of shape - - with cracks & uneven rim - 8/807 = $17 19th C? Brass - covered with layer of pale mud - - out of round - - worn & split at apex - 8/809 = $13 19th C? Brass finely indented with wide band & some remains of striations - very out of shape - - with rim cracks & uneven rim - - apex pitted - 8/817 = $9 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 hh279 = $140 c.1450 Caste bronze hand-punched, sturdy - in very good condition - - 2 very tiny holes in apex - + Nerylla’s Antiques original sales ticket hh311 = $80 c.1600-40 Brass hand-punched with rectangular indentations - several very tiny holes in apex - - otherwise in very good condition - - copper leaching through causes green patina + Nerylla’s Antiques original sales ticket 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 See also his Steel thimbles Norma Spicer's Iles - A Family of Thimble Makers is a must for collectors of Charles Iles thimbles

19/156 = $49 14mm diameter lettered ILES ENGLAND - Stain on edge of apex - a446 = $16 14mm diameter See also his Sterling silver thimbles Slogan Love God over striations 1860s - holes in side - - very rubbed - Learn more about Slogans thimbles

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Cloisonne CHINESE Enamel on brass

Thimbles with an Australian theme 356a = $7 Kangaroo

bk344 = $5 Ducks uu753 = $5 cat uu975 = $9 35mm height uu976 = $9 Beijing butterfly 30mm height uu977 = $6 monkey

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T Kadletz AUSTRIA

8/988 = $13 laquered brass campaign for USA elections 1976

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Settmacher VIENNA, AUSTRIA

a219 = $8 Tombac braid adhered all round 12mm diameter

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Soho Foundry - Sovereign Hill BALLARAT, AUSTRALIA

a218 = $6 Featured on p75 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book

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Woodsetton Peeps ENGLAND

a236 = $22 laquered brass Princess Royal 1987 peep shows Princess Anne - out of round - Learn more about British Royalty on thimbles

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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 If there is milling or striations around the rim, the thimble is more-recently made. It is meant to stop the needle slipping off the thimble 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 a364 = $4 size 1 16.5mm diameter owner says over 100 years old - dull finish - NEW a369 = $9 size 1 17mm diameter - small patch of rust near rim - NEW bk1126 = $1 size 1 - nice patina - - badly out of shape - - small dent in apex - a374 = $4 size 2 16mm diameter - slightly out of shape - NEW 8/881 = $4 size 3 15mm diameter 19/39 = $4 size 3/0 16mm diameter - out of round - a328 = $4 size 3 15mm diameter NEW a361 = $4 size 3 15mm diameter NEW a378 = $3 size 3 15.5mm diameter NEW 8/887 = $4 size 4 15mm diameter a329 = $4 size 4 15mm diameter NEW a318 = $4 size 5 14.5mm diameter NEW a330 = $4 size 5 14mm diameter NEW a324 = $5 Child's size 6 13mm diameter NEW bk1317 = $3 size 6 13mm diameter 19/24 = $5 Child's size 7 12mm diameter 19/18 = $4 pointed apex 15mm diameter - out of round - 19/27 = $4 15mm diameter - apex has been pushed in for quilting - - out of shape - a331 = $4 no rolled rim 14mm diameter NEW a332 = $4 no rolled rim 14mm diameter NEW a335 = $4 17mm diameter NEW a336 = $6 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 14mm diameter NEW a363 = $20 16mm diameter - nice patina - NEW a365 = $18 Greek key band 17mm diameter - very good condition - NEW a366 = $4 copper overtones no rolled rim slightly hammered/beaten rim 15mm diameter NEW a367 = $6 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 15mm diameter NEW a368 = $19 16mm diameter - out of round - NEW a377 = $3 15.5mm diameter NEW bm220 = $2 18mm diameter - out of round - bm351 = $5 19mm diameter finely indented with cross-hatched apex - very out of shape - hh366 = $12 England with lacquer Long Melford 16mm diameter

5/1196 = $7 Jupiter 5/1197 = $7 Pluto 5/1198 = $7 Venus 5/1199 = $7 Mars 5/1201 = $7 Mercury 5/1202 = $7 Uranus 5/1203 = $7 Neptune 5/1204 = $6 Saturn - bead loose -

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Last updated 18 November 2009

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