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

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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 Learn more about 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 Learn more about 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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Last updated 22 August 2010

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