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Catalog date |
2010-12-08 |
Cataloged by |
Blevins, Sandy |
Collection |
Josephine Bowers Collection |
Collector |
Josephine Bowers |
Catalog Number |
L1994.6.137 |
Object Name |
Thimble |
Source |
Bowers, Josepine |
Description |
Small metal, silver colored, thimble. Design of small, pin-point indentures (dimples) on top and around thimble with an edge of smooth metal on base. Before the 18th century the small dimples on the outside of a thimble were made by hand punching, but in the middle of that century a machine was invented to do the job. If one finds a thimble with an irregular pattern of dimples, it was likely made before the 1850s. |