Thimbles made from some very unusual materials, including beads, crystal, fimo, rubber and stone

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Beaded thimbles

Olga RUSSIA 374d = $16 Emerald green & gold beads on green thimble 374e = $16 Pink, green, gold & lilac beads on red thimble 374g = $16 Light blue, pink & gold beads on blue thimble 374i = $16 Gold & red beads on yellow thimble 374j = $16 Royal blue, pink & gold beads on red thimble

Others 8/1025 = $8 beads over metal

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Glass and Crystal thimbles

8/840 = $7 USA logo of Collector Circle CC for members 22/63 = $9 a220 = $36 Bavaria, Germany Crystal Ullmannglass hh314 = $13 handpainted uu809 = $10 lightly frosted uu948 = $36 Bavaria, Germany Crystal Ullmannglass uu949 = $40 Bavaria, Germany Crystal Ullmannglass hummingbird

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Horn thimbles

a222 = $14 Cumbria, England cross-hatched apex bb540 = $16 Cumbria, England cross-hatched apex hh262 = $22 13mm diameter uu927 = $27 Finland Lauri Tuotteet Oy reindeer horn 1997

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Ivory thimbles

8/790 = $53 carved abstract dragon a500 = $55 Zimbabwe hand indented apex 2 bands of silver & one of elephant hair 13.5mm diameter a507 = $33 19th C Cantonese made in two pieces small size Not deep enough to wear 13mm diameter bm428 = $21 19th C Cantonese 12mm diameter - apex has fallen out - - crack down the length - uu951 = $68 Zimbabwe handcarved indented apex uu952 = $60 Zimbabwe 2 small figures woman stamping corn woman washing clothes on verso hand indents in apex uu953 = $50 Zimbabwe handcarved band of sterling silver at apex elephant hair at rim - both difficult to join -

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Leather thimbles

bm386 = $21 Sailor’s palm uu1067 = $14 sewing machine tooled finger-shaped

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Papier-mache thimbles

a252 = $9 Kashmir uu904 = $10 Kashmir uu906 = $10 Kashmir uu909 = $15 McKean, Thailand handpainted roses

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Polymer thimbles including Resin, Simulated ivory

bm159 = $7 Resin? uu542 = $14 Simulated/polymer ivory England History Craft Polo players scrimshawed all round metal apex

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Shell thimbles

a254 = $5 Mexico Alpaca/shell flower design on one side uu954 = $6 Mexico Alpaca/shell butterfly design on one side uu955 = $6 Mexico Alpaca/shell flower design on one side uu956 = $11 Philippines Plaster of Paris/shell crackled mother-of-pearl uu957 = $6 Mexico Alpaca/shell flower design on one side uu958 = $10 Philippines Plaster of Paris/shell cowry shell large size uu959 = $17 Australia? Metal/shell black & white mother-of-pearl uu960 = $7 Mexico Alpaca/shell diamond-shaped design all round marked inside

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Silk thimbles

bk968 = $8 Choonchal District, Korea handstitched kolmi uu907 = $15 Choonchal District, Korea ying-yang symbol on both sides uu911 = $12 Choonchal District, Korea orchid on both sides Small size

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Stone thimbles

357 = $25 Australia Zebra stone unique to the Kununurra area of north-western Australia no two alike! Featured in Thimbles of Australia on p100 Find out more about my book

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Thimbles of Australia by Susan Jean Gowan was published in 1998

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Last updated 18 August 2010

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