Other thimble related collectables from around the world, including Buttons, Mauchline ware

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Baxter prints

8/933 = $35 England framed Baxter or Mannell needle packet print 131x170mm

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Boxes

bm440 = $27 Wooden mother-of-pearl disc inlaid on top 270x190x100mm brown paper-lined red plush lining on base empty - sliver of veneer missing on one side - bm442 = $36 Cloth-bound handmade by Betty Maloney, Sydney entire outer covering is of fine brown cotton 312x212x70mm lid has been padded box is fastened by a bone stiletto empty lined with similar fabric in orange & is padded lid has been sewn down with brown cotton

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Buttonhooks

8/1221 = $36 Sterling silver and steel for gloves Crisford & Norris [C&N] Birmingham, 1910 engraved with monogram JB 1911on the other side 82mm NEW 19/98 = $20 Steel and whalebone for gloves 119mm - some staining - 19/99 = $18 Steel and bone for gloves 94mm - crack in bone at join - 19/100 = $20 Steel and whalebone? for shoes 108mm 19/103 = $15 Steel with hammer-ridged shaft 105mm -- some red paint on shaft - 19/105 = $20 bakelite with steel for shoes 142mm 19/106 = $16 bakelite with steel for gloves 80mm 19/107 = $25 mother-of-pearl and steel for gloves 98mm a196 = $22 Sterling silver and steel WJ Myatt & Co Birmingham, 1913 for shoes 152mm - steel shaft stained - - tip is missing/damaged to show steel end -

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Buttons

bk1080 = $3 Latest Style 4 pale blue glass buttons on original card of 12 18mm diameter bk1081 = $2 Australia Beutron Opal-Glo 7 olive green plastic buttons on original - damaged - card of 9

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Charms

19/78 = $30 9 ct mini gold scissors charm bows open 29mm includes suspension loop 19/79 = $10 Sterling mini scissors charm bows open 30mm includes suspension loop

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Coin purses

8/859 = $100 Victorian Beaded on both sides all beading intact with just one flower centre not complete gilt fastening 87x81mm - brown silk inner lining is in tatters but it doesn’t detract -

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'Jewellery'

19/81 = $25 Sterling silver converted to wear on a chain - thimble damaged thru wear and apex holed - 19/82 = $35 Sterling silver Charles Horner Chester 1908 size 7 converted to wear as a pin - holed in side -

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Mauchline and Fern ware SCOTLAND Sycamore
7/425 = $120 Rectangular lidded box Transfer - pink roses with A Present from Ramsgate [England] 165x111x46mm Floral white ware. Brass catch empty - small chip off one rose -	7/416 = $35 Rectangular box 85x60x45mm Small transfer - Knole Kent [England] empty - brass catch missing -
7/420 = $45 Beaker-shaped, lidded glass holder Photographic ware - Burns' Monument, "Banks of Doon", Ayr 75x51mm empty - 35mm surface crack on the outside - - 10mm crack in the lid -	7/421 = $50 Beaker-shaped, lidded glass holder Photographic ware - Ilfracombe 72x51mm empty
8/639 = $85 Needle packet cover or card case? Fern ware on black lacquer A Merry Xmas & A Happy New Year 63x44mm this is a flat hollow case open at each end - crack on one edge - empty

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Nail files

19/18 = $12 mother-of-pearl and steel with copper ferrule 96mm

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Penknives These were often found in lady's sewing baskets

8/1255 = $15 Germany Pearlised plastic and steel maker’s mark is a whale 2 folding knives 77mm folded NEW 8/1258 = $10 Cream plastic [old] and steel with brass rivets and suspension loop 1 folding knife 58mm folded NEW

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Antique pens & pencils

8/589 = $14 Bone & steel propelling pencil - contains no lead - - crack down one side - 80mm 8/1211 = $18 Sterling silver pencil? 73mm NEW 8/1214 = $37 English sterling silver pencil holder Villiers & Jackson [V&J] Chester 1899 opens to house flat pencil engraved with monogram JTWD 84mm NEW

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Last updated 17 August 2008

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