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alipeskai's loves4 of 6Arts & Crafts "Vapheio Cup" by Nathan & Hayes, formerly owned by Martha GrahamLoetz "Phänomen Genre 1/473 variant" with Alvin Silver Overlay. 4.75" tall. Circa 1901. PN Unknown
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    Posted 9 years ago

    Newtimes
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    So, Agram, these are the thimbles I talked about in your previous post.
    Three of them are inherited from my grandmother. You can see tehm on the second picture. I m really sorry, I never checked the silvermarks...maybe someone around here wants to enlighten me? ;-)
    The big one is a really pretty art deco one...I can imagine my grandmother sitting in a sofa and restoring some clothes from her son or her husband. She was born in 1912 so she must have encountered hard times during her life.
    The art nouveau-ish thimble on the third and fourth picture is one I got from my husband/ boyfriend...well he won it in a lot with some other stuff and he didn t really have a purpose for it, so I asked it till he gave in ;-) it has some really nice vermeil details.
    The one with the ship is a new one my other brought with her from a trip.
    I hope you enjoy them!

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    1. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      They are all beautiful!
      The art nouveau one is my fav too :-)
      It is quite a collection :-)
    2. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 9 years ago
      These are all very nice and in such excellent condition! Quite valuable too. You say large, but how large? There are child sizes too, so I was just wondering. I imagine since you g-ma used them the others are adult size. Those alone are valuable, tho I'm guessing not for sale. I wish I could remember names right now but I can't. You can google search antique thimbles, you will be quite surprised at what you find.
    3. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 9 years ago
      P.S. add the word silver in the search. Gold ones too. Inside may have some numbers. near the bottom or even at the top.
    4. Newtimes Newtimes, 9 years ago
      Thank you all for the love and shareurpassion, thanks for the valuable comment. I looked a bit on internet, and I found a very similar thimble to my art nouveau-ish one. Some prices are nuts! No interest in selling them, but I might just dig a bit deeper into them and look the silvermarks up.
      Its dangerous for me though...might just sparkle my interest to a new collection ;-)
    5. Newtimes Newtimes, 9 years ago
      https://www.pinterest.com/pin/126382333268663519/

      Ow this is the link to the sumilar thimble (similar to the one on the third and fourth pic))
    6. Agram.m Agram.m, 9 years ago
      Hello, thanks for showing. What a coincidence ! My mother was born on the 2nd April 1912 (1996 died). I like them all especially those with the Vermeil details.
      And for you some dear memories.
    7. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 9 years ago
      Very nice!

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