Hand stamped thimble

This thimble I bought this summer on a road trip.  My sister and I stopped at the four corners (where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona's borders meet). The Navajo tribe has artisans who sell their wares around the monument.  One was selling this hand stamped sterling silver thimble.  I obviously had to have it!

2002 Olympics

I grew up in Salt Lake City and was still living there during the 2002 Winter Olympics.  It was an incredible time.  These were the three thimbles made for the Olympics.

Greece

This thimble is from Greece.  It depicts a scene from the Odyssey and the Parthenon on the top.  This one was given to me by a childhood friend.

A special thimble

This is an ordinary working thimble.  But it is perhaps most my most prized thimbles.  This was a thimble that my grandmother used when sewing.  It was given to me before she passed away and now I love that it sits amongst my collection.

From Portugal

This is a glass thimble brought by my parents to me from Portugal.   There is a gold flower and stem that wraps around the thimble.

From Barcelona

This is a thimble my parents brought home for me when they traveled to Barcelona.  I believe the pattern is supposed to represent the work of Antoni Gaudi and his relationship with the city of Barcelona.

a trade?

The picture quality is terrible, for which I apologize. I bought two of the same thimble while visiting Boston last summer. I would love to trade my extra thimble from Boston with a collector from another country. The thimble I have is solid pewter etched with significant sights from the American Revolution in Boston.

Anyone interested in a trade?

my collection

This is my complete collection. For years my thimbles sat on a dresser with little organization. My Mother spent months with my Aunt looking for the best way to display my collection and they came up with this antique letter type drawer. I love it, it is almost full so I am on the lookout for another.

This was a massive addition to my collection. I am a political and historical junkie so it was a perfect gift. Thimbles of the United States Presidents, I believe the pictures are of their official portraits.

rothenburg, germany

This is one of my favorite thimbles, my parents brought it back from a trip to Germany. I love the shape.

charles horner

via silver collection
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.

the thimble

Digitabulist- a collector of thimbles.

An antique gold thimble with turquoise circa 1890

I have been collecting thimbles for approximately 15 years. I have a collection of about 150 thimbles, most from locations around the world. Recently I have been trying to extend my collection into different areas of thimbles, including antique thimbles. My interest was first piqued by antique thimbles when a friend received a pair for her wedding. As I start this new blog I anticipate this to be a place where I post about my research as I learn about antique thimbles as well as a place to connect with other digitabulists.