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

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Advertising thimbles See also Iles & Gomms Learn more about Brass advertising thimbles

uu1044 = $10 Gold Thimble Scotch sold by Hiram Walker & Sons in 1960s 15mm diameter

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Antique brass / latten

8/805 = $10 19th C? Brass - has mud adhered to inside & out - - very out of shape - - with cracks & uneven rim - 8/807 = $13 19th C? Brass - covered with layer of pale mud - - out of round - - worn & split at apex - 8/809 = $10 19th C? Brass finely indented with wide band & some remains of striations - very out of shape - - with rim cracks & uneven rim - - apex pitted - 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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Arta AUSTRIA	T Kadletz AUSTRIA
uu1225 = $30 Enamel & copper Wagner on both sides	8/988 = $10 laquered brass campaign for USA elections 1976

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Iles & Gomms BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND

uu1437 = $4 advertising Thimbles Only CA 1985 17mm diameter NEW uu1446 = $4 advertising Remember Thimbles Only Jean Shoup 1986 1987 lettered over striations 18mm diameter NEW

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Abel Morrall ENGLAND See also his Steel thimbles	Graham Payne ENGLAND
a448 = $13 size 3 15mm diameter	8/1686 = $95 Enamel and brass handpainted - signed + dated 82 # 61/100 Done for Inez Oaktree-a Dutch collector her thimble “coat-of-arms” Mrs Oaktree Dutch colours’ bands 16mm

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Settmacher VIENNA AUSTRIA

uu1039 = $22 commemorating The Olympics 1908 paper with athlete on a raised roundel 4 grooves around rim

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Woodsetton ENGLAND

a236 = $20 laquered brass Princess Royal 1987 peep shows Princess Anne - out of round - Learn more about British Royalty on thimbles uu1442 = $16 laquered brass Wimbledon Centenary 1986 tennis ball on apex no peep + certificate NEW 5/1196 = reduced to $4 Jupiter 5/1198 = reduced to $4 Venus 5/1199 = reduced to $4 Mars 5/1201 = reduced to $4 Mercury 5/1202 = reduced to $4 Uranus 5/1203 = reduced to $4 Neptune 5/1204 = reduced to $3 Saturn - bead separated -

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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

a364 = $4 size 1 16.5mm diameter owner says over 100 years old - dull finish - 8/881 = $3 size 3 15mm diameter a361 = $4 size 3 15mm diameter a378 = $3 size 3 15.5mm diameter 8/887 = $3 size 4 15mm diameter a329 = $4 size 4 15mm diameter uu1469 = $4 size 4 14.5mm diameter NEW a330 = $4 size 5 15mm diameter uu1447 = $4 size 5 15mm diameter - out of round - NEW uu1448 = $4 size 6 13mm diameter - out of round - NEW a331 = $4 no rolled rim 14mm diameter a332 = $4 no rolled rim 15mm diameter a336 = $5 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 14.5mm diameter a366 = $4 copper overtones no rolled rim slightly hammered/beaten rim 15mm diameter a367 = $5 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 15mm diameter a377 = $3 15.5mm diameter bm351 = $4 19mm diameter finely indented with cross-hatched apex - very out of shape - uu1238 = $6 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 14.5mm diameter - out of round - uu1315 = $14 South Africa 1c coin set into apex uu1475 = $4 15mm diameter good rim NEW

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Last updated 26 January 2012

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