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

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Advertising thimbles Learn more about Brass advertising thimbles

a230 = $45 England Gutermann’s Sewing Silk a351 = $35 England Charles Iles Use Hudson’s Soap over striations 15mm diameter uu1044 = $11 Gold Thimble Scotch sold by Hiram Walker & Sons in 1960s 15mm diameter

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Antique brass / latten

8/805 = $11 19th C? Brass - has mud adhered to inside & out - - very out of shape - - with cracks & uneven rim - 8/807 = $15 19th C? Brass - covered with layer of pale mud - - out of round - - worn & split at apex - 8/809 = $11 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 = $8 Brass hand-indented - large hole in side - - rim has a few nicks - hh279 = $126 c.1450 Caste bronze hand-punched, sturdy - in very good condition - - 2 very tiny holes in apex - + Nerylla’s Antiques original sales ticket hh311 = $72 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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Brass Temptations SOUTH AFRICA

uu1068 = $9 commemorating 1990 1st S.A. Convention

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Charles Iles and Iles and Gomms ENGLAND See his Steel thimbles and his Advertising thimbles Norma Spicer's Iles - A Family of Thimble Makers is a must for collectors of Charles Iles thimbles

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Cloisonne CHINESE Enamel on brass

a514 = $7 bk344 = $4 Ducks uu975 = $9 35mm height uu977 = $6 monkey

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T Kadletz AUSTRIA

8/988 = $12 laquered brass campaign for USA elections 1976

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Settmacher VIENNA AUSTRIA

a219 = $8 Tombac small size band of braid adhered all round 12mm uu1039 = $24 commemorating The Olympics 1908 paper with athlete on a raised roundel 4 grooves around rim

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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 = $3 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 - a369 = $3 size 1 17mm diameter - small patch of rust near rim - bk1126 = $1 size 1 - nice patina - - badly out of shape - - small dent in apex - a374 = $4 size 2 16mm diameter - slightly out of shape - 8/881 = $3 size 3 15mm diameter 19/39 = $3 size 3/0 16mm diameter - out of round - a328 = $4 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 a318 = $4 size 5 14.5mm diameter a330 = $4 size 5 14mm diameter a324 = $5 Child's size 6 13mm diameter bk1317 = $2 size 6 13mm diameter 19/24 = $5 Child's size 7 12mm diameter 19/18 = $3 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 a332 = $4 no rolled rim 14mm diameter a335 = $4 17mm diameter a336 = $6 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 14mm diameter a363 = $20 16mm diameter - nice patina - a366 = $4 copper overtones no rolled rim slightly hammered/beaten rim 15mm diameter a367 = $6 band for insertion as top of sewing kit 15mm diameter a368 = $19 16mm diameter - out of round - a377 = $3 15.5mm diameter bm220 = $1 18mm diameter - out of round - bm351 = $4 19mm diameter finely indented with cross-hatched apex - very out of shape - hh366 = $11 England with lacquer Long Melford 16mm diameter

5/1196 = $5 Jupiter 5/1197 = $4 Pluto - bead loose - 5/1198 = $5 Venus 5/1199 = $5 Mars 5/1201 = $5 Mercury 5/1202 = $5 Uranus 5/1203 = $5 Neptune 5/1204 = $4 Saturn - bead loose -

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Last updated 18 August 2010

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