Wooden thimbles from Australia, with indigenous timbers; from around the world, with many different timbers and designs

THERE IS ONE PAGES OF WOODEN THIMBLES

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Australian wooden thimbles Featured on p85-90 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book

Doug Birrell VICTORIA plain thimbles 383d = $9 Blackwood 383e = $9 each WA sheoak 383g = $9 Pear

Doug Birrell VICTORIA thimblefuls 347e = $30 each Pittosporum 2 sizes = 53mm or 60mm

Doug Birrell VICTORIA laminated thimbles 384a = $9 Jarrah and silver silkwood 384b = $9 Rosewood and huon pine 384c = $9 Tiger myrtle and huon pine

Doug Birrell VICTORIA "eye" thimbles 385a = $30 Satin sycamore with jarrah/black bean/cane 385d = $30 Pittosporum with jarrah/walnut/cane 385e = $30 each Mahogany with jarrah/walnut/cane

Doug Birrell VICTORIA Hindenloopen handpainted thimbles in autumn colours 386a = $26 maroon-red

Doug Birrell VICTORIA pyrographed thimbles with Runic symbols 387a = $14 387b = $14 387c = $14

Robert Herron TASMANIA 17/82 = $11 Blackwood Huon pine apple and pear on backing card 17/90 = $8 Huon pine

unmarked but probably Robert Herron TASMANIA 17/83 = $6 Myrtle on backing card 17/84 = $8 Huon pine 17/85 = $6 Blackwood on backing card

John Read PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Thimbles with a glossy finish which enhances the timbers 358a = $10 Sandalwood 358g = $10 Mulga 358j = $10 Gutta percha 358k = $10 Sheoak

Handpainted INDONESIA The details are wonderful amongst the dots - find your favourite Australian fauna amongst these colourful thimbles being handpainted, no two are identical 375a = $11 wombat 375b = $11 crocodile temporarily out of stock 375c = $11 cockatoo [I] temporarily out of stock 375d = $11 platypus 375e = $11 each kookaburra 375f = $11 each echidna 375h = $11 each emu 37i = $11 kangaroo 375j = $11 each cockatoo [II] 375k = $11 each Sydney Opera House

Unknown maker TASMANIA 17/86 = $4 hand indented apex

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English wooden thimbles

John Urwin 5/845 = $4 Sycamore Chestnut horse's head 5/846 = $4 Sycamore Palomino's head 17/81 = $5 Robin Hood c. 1190 bk1376 = $2 unknown timber from his series of timbers of the world

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French wooden thimbles

bk583 = $16 handpainted with French teddy bear on the beach on both sides

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Indian wooden thimbles

bk507 = $7 handpainted bk509 = $8 handpainted

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Russian wooden thimbles

uu512 = $5 Moscow Boston 2004 for the 2004 TCI Convention handpainted by Irina Timofeeva 2004

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USA wooden thimbles

8/841 = $9 logo of Collector Circle CC for members uu658 = $12 Chinese/USA Midwest of Cannon Falls handpainted Santa made by Eddie Walker, but unmarked

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Thimbles of Australia by Susan Jean Gowan was published in 1998 - Order one today

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Last updated 30 June 2008

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