Acknowledgements 4
Introduction 5
Chapter 1: A Brief Look at the
History of Thimbles and Needles 7
A Short History of Needlework 13
Chapter 2: Early Medieval and
Fifteenth Century Thimbles 15
Hispano-Moresque Thimbles 17
Turko-Slavic (Islamic) Thimbles 17
Abbasid-Levantine Thimbles 18
Additional European Early Medieval to Fifteenth Century Thimbles 19
Hispanic-Moresque Thimbles 20
Moorish Influence 21
Moorish, Levantine and European, 13th to 15th Century 23
Chapter 3: Sixteenth Century Thimbles 24
Silver Thimbles 25
Engraved Lettering 25
Nuremberg Thimbles 26
Chapter 4: Seventeenth Century Thimbles 30
Chapter 5: Eighteenth Century Thimbles 36
Thimbles as Toys 38
A Short History of Filigree 39
Eighteenth Century Porcelain 40
Meissen 41
Silver Thimbles 44
American Thimbles 45
Enamel Thimbles 46
Chapter 6: Nineteenth Century Thimbles 52
General Design and Construction 53
Scottish Ware 53
Tunbridge Ware Thimbles 53
Gold Thimbles 54
Gold Thimbles with Enameling and Other
Treatments 58
Gem-Set Thimbles 62
Châtelaines, Étuis and Boxed Sets 65
Thimble Holders 68
Palais Royal Thimbles 73
Ivory Thimbles 74
Tortoiseshell Thimbles 76
British Thimbles 77
Victorian Silver Souvenirs of Places and Events 77
English Silversmiths 80
English Silver Hallmarks and other Stamps 81
Commemorative Thimbles 91
Charles Horner and the Dorcas 94
British Base Metal Thimbles 99
English Porcelain Thimbles 100
French Thimbles 113
German Thimbles 118
Austrian Thimbles 121
Scandinavian Thimbles 121
Russian Thimbles 124
American Thimbles 127
Niello Thimbles from Mesopotamia
and the Marsh Arabs 135
Thimbles from the Near and Far East,
Greece and Turkey 137
Chapter 7: Twentieth Century Thimbles 142
Resources:
Bibliography 168
Organizations of Interest to Collectors 169
Maintenance and Conservation 170
Ivory, Tortoiseshell, and
Mother-of-Pearl Thimbles 170
Brass, Steel and Copper Thimbles 171
Silver Thimbles 171
Gold Thimbles 171
Porcelain and Glass Thimbles 172
Wooden Thimbles 172
Cataloging and Photographing a Collection 172
Display, Storage and Exhibition 174
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