5 Famous Historical Ship Thimbles - Maritime Sailing Ships - Nautical Thimbles

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5 Famous Historical Ship Thimbles - Maritime Sailing Ships - Nautical Thimbles:
$9.88

Beautiful collection of 5 Historic Ship Thimbles.

There are 5 Thimbles in this collection and the detail is breathtaking.

This set includes:

The Mayflower

The Santa Maria

The Whaler Charles N. Morgan

The Bon Homme Richard

Clipper Ship - The Flying Cloud

Each thimble is approximately 1 1/8\" tall with 3/4\" bottom opening

Here is a \"Dab\" of information about Thimbles. There is a wealth of information on your internet or at your local library.

Originally, thimbles were used simply solely for pushing a needle through fabric or leather as it was being sewn. Since then, however, they have gained many other uses. From the 16th century onwards silver thimbles were regarded as an ideal gift for ladies.

Early Meissen porcelain and elaborate, decorated gold thimbles were also given as \'keepsakes\' and were usually quite unsuitable for sewing. This tradition has continued to the present day. In the early modern period, thimbles were used to measure spirits, and gunpowder, which brought rise to the phrase \"just a thimbleful\". Prostitutes used them in the practice of thimble-knocking where they would tap on a window to announce their presence. Thimble-knocking also refers to the practice of Victorian schoolmistresses who would tap on the heads of unruly pupils with dames thimbles.

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THIS IS A VINTAGE PIECE(S) AND MAY SHOW NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR AN ITEM WITH AGE. IF YOU WANT MORE PICTURES PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL.

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