BRITISH & CONTINENTAL SILVER
& OBJECTS OF VERTU
Sale 16887
Bonhams, London, Knightbridge
2 Dec 2009
Lot 43: A 19th century gold thimble, unmarked, retailed by Shearo, Oxford, decorated with a strap and buckle motif, cased, length 2.4cm, diameter 1.6cm,...
The Atchison (KS) Daily Globe,
31 May 1889; Issue 4,583; col G.
One hears of this Queen of Siam thimble, but one never sees the darned thing. Hmm. . .
The other thimbles referenced I have not heard of before. Which means nothing.
That thimbles had...
New-York Daily Tribune, 2 January 1910, page 2.
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Text of accompanying article:
CURIOUS THIMBLE
Unique Examples Collected in Many Countries.
Even the women who do not like to sew and men who do not have to, would surely be...
