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Steel and metal thimbles from around the world, including gilt metal, nickel silver, and silver plated


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ABEL MORRALL - BRASS-LINED or-RIMMED STEEL - CHARLES ILES / ILES & GOMMS - GILT METAL
OLNEY AMSDEN & SON - SETTMACHER - SILVER-PLATED - STEEL - TAILORS - THIMBLEFULS - TOPAZIO - OTHER METAL


Out of round description means the thimble is now finger-shaped

Abel Morrall
ENGLAND
See also his Brass thimbles

a445 = $8
Steel tailors
size 2

18mm diameter

a436 = $8
Steel tailors
size 4

16mm diameter

a456 = $8
Steel
size 4

15mm diameter

a438 = $8
Steel tailors
size 8

15mm diameter
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Brass-lined or -rimmed steel thimbles
The comfort of brass, with the strength of steel
These date from the beginning of 20th C
with the unsized thimbles being older

bm295 = $2
size 3
15mm diameter

a384 = $3
16mm diameter
indentations go right to rim

a393 = $2
15.5mm diameter

bm122 = $2
19mm diameter
- the parts of the thimble have separated -
- it shows construction-still usable -
- dark marks -

bm150 = $1
16mm diameter
- out of round -

bm225 = $2
16mm diameter
- good weight -

bm226 = $1
18mm diameter
- rust spots -

L19 = $2
15.5mm diameter

a379 = $3
Brass-rimmed steel
size 00

19mm diameter

a392 = $2
Brass-rimmed steel
size 0

19mm diameter

a380 = $2
Brass-rimmed steel
size 1

17mm diameter

a387 = $2
Brass-rimmed steel
size 4

16mm diameter

bm250 = $2
Brass-rimmed steel
17mm diameter

bm335 = $2
Brass-rimmed steel
16mm diameter
- out of round -
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Charles Iles
ENGLAND
Charles Iles registered his maker's mark in 1889 and it is probable that it was only used from then until 1903. This means that the bulk of his thimbles are unmarked, though thimbles do exist with ILES stamped onto the band. I have noticed that Iles thimbles tend to have striations or milling behind the patterning: a good test but not foolproof
Iles thimbles are not sized!


Charles Iles' maker's mark
3 thimbles with touching rims in a triangular shield, registered in 1889.
See also his Brass thimbles

Norma Spicer's Iles - A Family of Thimble Makers is a must for collectors of Charles Iles thimbles

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Thimblefuls


19/17 = $22
Nickel silver
no maker's mark
band of leaves & grapes
14mm diameter
- out of shape -

19/22 = $23
Nickel silver
maker's mark
15mm diameter
- out of shape -
- many tiny needle holes in apex -

a341 = $20
Silver-plated
Iles & Gomms

Just a Thimble Full
43mm height

a342 = $38
Silver-plated/enamel
Just a Thimble Full
Port Moresby Papua
RD707065

43mm height
- small part of enamel missing -

a373 = $8
Steel
ILES ENGLAND

size 00
18.5mm diameter

a375 = $8
Steel
ILES

size 3
from 1910s?
16mm diameter

a383 = $12
Nickel silver?
Greek key over striations
no maker's mark
17mm diameter

a394 = $26
Nickel silver
very fine pretty acanthus band
over striations
no maker's mark
blank cartouche
14mm diameter

a440 = $12
Steel tailors
size 1

Marked ‘ILES’ - from 1910s
18mm diameter

a447 = $26
Nickel silver
maker's mark
15mm diameter
- holed in apex -
- slightly out of shape -

a449 = $31
Nickel silver
no maker's mark
band of leaves & grapes
14mm diameter

a450 = $26
Nickel silver
maker's mark
15mm diameter
- row of tiny needle holes in apex -

a451 = $26
Nickel silver
no maker's mark
daisies over striations
14mm diameter

a453 = $27
Silver-plated
maker's mark
15mm diameter

a459 = $22
Nickel silver
maker's mark
15mm diameter
- out of round -
- holes in apex with signs of mending -

a460 = $22
Nickel silver
maker's mark
diamond-patterned daisy centres
15mm diameter

bm67 = $12
Nickel silver
maker's mark
15mm diameter
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Gilt metal thimbles

10/76 = $5
Germany
Gilt

Prym & Co

size 8/16
quilters
16mm diameter
previous owner purchased in 1987

a338 = $5
Germany
Gilt

Prym & Co

size 8/16
quilters
16mm diameter

bk592 = $2
Gold Thimble
hole in rim is for the thimble to be hung around the bottle
of whisky of the same name

uu1058 = $6
advertising Thimbles Only Regards-Jean Shoup 1985
striated apex
- some staining -
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Olney Amsden & Son [OA&S]
ENGLAND
See also his Sterling silver thimbles

a454 = $7
Brass-lined steel
size 2

17mm diameter
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Settmacher
AUSTRIA

a502 = $27
Zinc
Commemorating marriage
Juliana and Bernhard
Red white & blue [Dutch colours] painted grooves
1930s
18mm diameter
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Silver-plated thimbles
see also: Topazio and Thimblefuls


8/694 = $7
Germany
size 16

Pennsylvania coat-of-arms
affixed moulded badge/shield

19/23 = $5
Silver-plated brass
maid's
size 6

13mm diameter


19/30 = $3
Silver-plated brass
Child's
size 7

12mm diameter

a224 = $17
Germany
Saint Teresa
patron saint of Missions
gilt band
unknown maker’s mark
15mm diameter

a234 = $9
Germany
size 16

Munich
affixed castle-shaped moulded enamel badge/shield

bb484 = $28
16mm diameter
no marks
- mint condition -

bb485 = $31
16mm diameter
no marks
- mint condition

uu920 = $5
New Zealand
plastic disc on apex
Marineland Napier N.Z.

uu1090 = $10
England
pressed flowers in apex
18mm diameter
boxed

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Steel thimbles
These date from the beginning of 20th C
with the unsized thimbles being older
See also Charles Iles and Abel Morrall

bm124 = $1
size 0
15mm diameter
lightweight

a385 = $2
size 1
17mm diameter

hh261 = $2
size 1
17mm diameter
- lining is separating from rim
- very out of shape -

a381 = $2
size 2
16.5mm diameter
no rolled rim

a386 = $2
size 3
15.5mm diameter

bm251 = $2
size 3
15mm diameter
- tiny hole in apex -


19/159 = $10
Child's
12mm diameter
unusual and it’s old

a325 = $5
15mm diameter
band of 5 ridges

bm346 = $1
17.5mm diameter
wide band
- out of round -

bm352 = $1
16mm diameter
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Tailors thimbles
See also Charles Iles and Abel Morrall

a441 = $6
England
Brass-lined steel
size 1

19mm diameter

a444 = $4
Steel
size 2

17mm diameter

a439 = $4
England
Steel
size 3

17mm diameter

a435 = $4
England
Steel
size 4

17.5mm diameter

a434 = $5
England
Brass-lined steel
size 6

15mm diameter

a442 = $4
Steel
19mm diameter

a443 = $5
Steel
with flared rim
29mm diameter opening
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Thimblefuls
See also Charles Iles

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Thimblefuls


8/843 = $28
Australia?
Nickel-plated
Thimble Full
lettered over 2 lines
Kosciusko with skier

19/111 = $48
Australia?
Silver-plated
Thimble Full
lettered over 2 lines
48mm

19/112 = $66
England
EPNS
P.H.Vogel & Co
Just a thimbleful
54mm

a344 = $24
Silver-plated
Just a Thimble Full
enamel badge London
- some red enamel rubbed -
different from Iles thimblefuls
with crosshatched rim
41mm height
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Topazio
PORTUGAL

See also: Sterling silver thimbles by Topazio


a209 = $20
Silver-plated
Recordacao de Fatima
N.S. DA Fatima

the Cathedral & 2 doves
17mm diameter
- out of round -
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Other metal thimbles



8/289 // 8/559 // 8/883 // uu684 = $3 each
Pot metal
[Monopoly game marker or gumball gift]

15mm height

8/568 = $7
tiny Madonna and Child shield

8/828 = $8
USA
Advertising
The Prudential Life Assurance
16mm diameter


8/880 = $5
Child's
size 8

10.5mm diameter


8/882 = $8
Pot metal
For a good girl on 2 sides
Monopoly game marker
12mm diameter


8/890 = $5
Child's
size 6

10mm diameter


19/160 = $3
Child's
10.5mm height

a311 = $4
half daisies over striations
maker’s mark = 6-point star
14mm diameter

a314 = $9
USA
Advertising
The Prudential Life Assurance
16mm diameter

a334 = $4
Nickel
thin milled bands

a382 = $4
Nickel?
band of vertical stripes
16mm diameter

b172 = $1
good indentations
13mm diameter

b175 = $1
size 1
17mm diameter

b177 = $1
size 3
15mm diameter

hh352 = $1
15mm diameter
squat size


bk939 = $18
Pot metal
For a good girl
Monopoly game marker
seller attests that this is an old one


bm419 = $7
Pot metal
For a good girl on 2 sides
Monopoly game marker
- out of shape -

hh234 = $9
USA
Advertising
The Prudential Life Assurance
16mm diameter

hh273 = $1
Size 3
16mm diameter

hh371 = $1
14.5mm diameter

hh383 = $2
England
Size 4

14mm diameter

uu590 = $1
14.5mm diameter
larger indents

uu946 = $2
USA
Savannah GA

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