Antique & Vintage Sewing Accessories
Thimble Cases / Thimble Holders
Most of the sewing related antiques you will find on this and our other Sewing Accessories pages originated from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, and were part two large and diverse antique sewing collections we are handling on consignment. This is the first time most of these pieces have been out on the market in many years.
Vintage
Handmade Silk Thimble Holder This is a clever design to hold a
thimble similar to one of those little coin purses where you squeeze in the two
ends to open it up along the top edge. It is made with tiny hand sewn
stitches. There is ever so slight wear to the fabric and ribbons.
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Good ......... $28.00 VM-holder-1
Sweet
Grass Little
Basket Thimble Holder Incredibly delicate and detailed! A
real treasure, and came with a tiny little handmade "pin holder" inside.
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Good ........ $12.00 VM-holder-2
Vegetable
Ivory Acorn Shaped Thimble Holder Vegetable ivory, also known as
the tagua nut or the corozo nut, was prized by carvers because of its smooth
hard shell. In Victorian England it was a popular choice for making
needlework implements and loved because of its warm honey color. The acorn
was an especially popular motif, and the perfect shape for a thimble case.
This example is beautiful and in really nice condition.
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Very Good ......... $55.00 SOLD!
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Sterling
Silver Thimble Holder This elegant thimble case is marked
"Sterling". On the inside is a little cap for the thimble to set into.
It may have originally been part of a sewing chatelaine, or meant to be worn on
a necklace, as there is an eyelet above the hinge.
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Very Good ......... $45.00 EJ-1672 SOLD!