Modern china and porcelain thimbles from Australia

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Australian Impressions Western Australia

Fine bone china Back-stamped Featured on p49 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book Australian fauna 129a = $9 Wombat 129b = $9 Leadbeater's possum 129c = $9 Platypus 129d = $9 Numbat 129e = $9 Red kangaroo 129f = $9 Koala Floral emblems of the Australian states 130a = $9 Pink heath 130b = $9 each Sturts desert rose 130c = $9 Sturts desert pea 130d = $9 Royal bluebells 130e = $9 each Cooktown orchid 130f = $9 Kangaroo paw 130g = $9 Tasmanian blue gum 130h = $9 Waratah temporarily out of stock 130i = $9 Golden wattle Western Australian series 131a = $9 Perth skyline facing onto the Swan River temporarily out of stock 131c = $9 Round House Fremantle 131c = $9 Black Swan Western Australia's emblem

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Australian themed cottage-shaped thimbles England some with a Birchcroft backstamp

311a = $9 each Sydney 2000 Post Office 311b = $9 each Waltzing Matilda Dance Studio Birchcroft backstamp 311c = $9 each Outback Oddities Museum Birchcroft backstamp 311d = $9 each Dinky Diner Fast Food 311e = $9 Welcome to the Weary Wombat 311f = $9 each Parched Platypus Ices 311g = $9 Dunny Down Under temporarily out of stock

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Caverswall England

Made for the Australian market 328 = $20 each Brisbane City Hall boxed Featured on p50 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book

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Gems of Tasmania Tasmania, Australia

Porcelain thimbles Backstamped These thimbles that are made in Launceston, came to my attention too late for inclusion in Thimbles of Australia but they are a welcome addition, being reasonably priced and of good quality with a large range of Australian icons and themed thimbles 327c = $6 each Red kangaroo 327i = $6 each Sturt's Desert Pea 327m = $6 each Border Collie 327o = $6 Black Labrador 327p = $6 Rottweiler 327q = $6 Spaniel 327s = $6 Silky Terrier 327hh = $6 Cataract Gorge Tasmania 327ii = $6 Ross, Tasmania 327jj = $6 each Richmond, Tasmania 327pp = $6 Golly 327rr = $6 Gollies in car 327tt = $6 Cooktown Orchids 327uu = $6 ABT Railway 327w w = $6 Fairy 327xx = $6 Tasmanian Tiger NEW 327iii = $6 Large gum flowers 17/16 // uu668 = $4 each cow 22/2 = $5 June

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Kyneton Fine China Victoria, Australia

Handpainted Royal Worcester-trained Rita Daniel's handpainted Australian birds are a must for any collector of Australian thimbles The new range has each bird against its background, usually floral, surrounding the entire thimble each is either signed 'RD' for Rita's painting or 'rd' for Rachel Dettmann's work each comes with a certificate in a presentation thimble box my photographs cannot do these wonderful thimbles full justice!! Their original Blue Wren appears on the cover of Thimbles of Australia Also featured on p52-53 & plate 14 Find out more about my book 259a = $37 Robin with flannel flowers 259b = $37 Blue Wren with heath 259c = $37 each Kookaburra 259d = $37 each Silvereye Kyneton have resumed their annual thimbles from 2003 Produced in limited numbers the painting is all round the thimble each is signed 'RD' for Rita's painting [2004-2007] or 'rd' for Rachel Dettmann [2003] each comes with a certificate in a presentation thimble box 259f=$37 2003 Celebrating the International Year of Freshwater with a bushland river and wattle 259e=$37 each 2004 Celebrating Daffodils Downunder Kyneton is the daffodil town of Australia 259g=$37 each 2005 Celebrating Australian Wildflowers 259h=$37 each 2006 Hanging Rock Central Victoria scene of the famous movie of the same name 259i=$37 each 2007 International Year of the Dolphin Decaled sprig of wattle on verso Kyneton Fine China have branched out from their handpainted thimbles range and produced these very high quality decaled thimbles each has a sprig of wattle on the verso 376a = $22 each Fairy penguin 376b = $22 each Kangaroo 376c = $22 each Koala 376e = $22 Magpie 376f = $22 each Tree frog 376g = $22 Kookaburra

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Opal with Blue wrens England

388 = $23 opal with blue wren decals on both sides unmarked

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Pan Arts Collectables Sydney, Australia

Australia Series Backstamped the numbering under the price is the Pan Arts Australia Series number. Some designs do not carry the number on the thimble tho If there are any thimbles in this series not featured here, please ask, as I can order them for you, if the thimble is still in production Featured on p53 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book 275a = $9 [34] Captain Cook and the Endeavour temporarily out of stock 275b = $9 [33] Green and Golden Bell frogs Sydney temporarily out of stock 275d = $9 [2] Kookaburra 275f = $9 [5] Sydney Harbour Bridge temporarily out of stock 275g = $9 [7] Great Barrier Reef 275h = $9 [8] Ayers Rock 275i = $9 [9] Sulphur-crested cockatoo 275j = $9 [10] Platypus 275l = $9 [12] Wombat 275n // gg201 = $9 each [16] Sydney Cove 1788 275p = $9 [18] Fairy penguin 275q = $9 [19] Kangaroos 275r = $9 each [20] Sydney Opera House 275s = $9 [21] Echidna 275t // 8/1085 = $9 each [22] Advance Australia Fair 275u = $9 each [23] Melbourne 275v = $9 [24] Parliament House 275w = $9 [25] "No worries" new colours 275x = $9 each [26] Australian Tea Ceremony 275z = $9 [28] Sydney sesquicentenary [Birchcroft backstamp] 275cc = $9 [3] Koala 275dd = $9 [38] Sydney welcomes the year 2000 275ee = $9 each [39] Australia welcomes the year 2001 275ff = $9 each [30] Black swan [family] 275hh = $9 each [S.4] Sun Herald Koala Fund from 1989 275ll = $9 each [37] Koala on a yellow background 275mm = $9 each [Sig 5] Gang gang cockatoo 275nn = $9 [36] Green and Golden Bell frogs Sydney with the Olympic colours 275oo = $9 each [42] Eureka Stockade

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Platypus Gallery Collection Victoria, Australia

379a = $10 each Sydney Harbour Bridge 379b = $10 each Melbourne tram 379c = $10 Kangaroo 379d = $10 Kangaroo group

Animals Australian pewter affixed to blank china thimbles 307b = $11 each Turtle 307c = $11 Frog cream porcelain 307d = $11 Kangaroo 307e = $11 Lizard 307i = $11 Koala green porcelain 307j = $11 Owl

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Lee Sanders Adelaide, South Australia

Lee's name only appeared in Thimbles of Australia's list of thimble painters so I am delighted to have these thimbles for sale Lee regularly paints thimbles for the Thimble Guild in Scotland China thimbles with handpainted themes all round, with gold apex and a decorated rim that matches the theme of each thimble design signed and dated by the artist being handpainted, no two are identical 380a = $50 Lily of the valley and buttercups 380b = $50 Sturt's Desert Pea, Waratah and wattle 380c = $50 Australian landscape with house 380d = $50 Poppies and cornflowers 380e = $50 Scarlet robin and flowers 380f = $50 each Mixed floral 380g = $50 Nasturtiums with ladybird temporarily out of stock 380h = $50 Blackberries with butterfly temporarily out of stock

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Others

5/1601 = $2 Australia China Dreamworld [Gold Coast] Your 1 day holiday 5/1841 = $3 Australia China Hungerford Hill Pokolbin 5/1913 = $1 Australia China Telecom Tower Canberra 8/1126 = $6 Australia China Expo Oz Brisbane Australia [1988] with Expo scene Featured on plate 20 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book 8/1135 = $7 Australia China Waratah Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1136 = $7 Australia China Pink heath Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1137 = $7 Australia China Sturt desert pea Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1138 = $7 Australia China Cooktown orchid Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1140 = $2 Australia China $100 note 8/1180 = $1 Australia China Black swan Perth Western Australia NEW 8/1185 = $3 Australia China Black Boy - Grass trees Western Australia NEW gg145 = $2 Australia China Sea World Surfers Paradise Australia gg151 = $2 Australia China Zeehan [Tasmania] gg231 = $1 Australia China Gold Coast Queensland Australia uu651 = $4 Australia China Etching by Perry Fletcher [unmarked] uu719 = $2 Australia China Tasmania NEW

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Last updated 17 August 2008

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