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Charles Horner was an English silversmith. He patented the Dorcas design for thimbles, which is a silver plated thimble with a steel core. Thimbles marked with PAT are pre-1890 as he adopted the name Dorcas around that time.
Charles Horner was an English silversmith. He patented the Dorcas design for thimbles, which is a silver plated thimble with a steel core. Thimbles marked with PAT are pre-1890 as he adopted the name Dorcas around that time.
