ASSORTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL BRASS / BRONZE SEWING THIMBLES, LOT OF NINE

Price Realized: $122.00
Sold Date: Apr 20, 2022
Lot #1326

comprising an acorn shape “mud” thimble with tonsure top recovered from the mudbanks of the River Thames in London, three recovered from river near Canterbury, a large Nuremberg type, two sewing rings, one with maker’s mark, and two George II era. Each retains collection number sticker and detailed collection card.

Item/Auction Attributes

Probably Germany.
14th to 18th centuries.
Good as-found excavated condition.
Various sizes.
Provenance: The Mildred Jarvis Collection, Kennesaw, GA. "Mud" thimble: purchased from Eileen M. Saunders, Kingfishers, Dorset, England. Remainder: Purchased from Estelle Zalkin, Miami Beach, FL.
$200.00
$300.00
ASSORTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL BRASS / BRONZE SEWING THIMBLES, LOT OF NINE