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Thimble Holders

Date1800s
Terms
  • Thimble Holders
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Wood
  • United States
Dimensions5.08 × 2.54 cm (2 × 1 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hans Miller (1979)
Object numberPER2202b
DescriptionWood and metal. Child's (or miniature), small carved wooden owl with glass eyes (Per2202a); perched on stump which holds the metal thimble (Per2202b). Raised lettering on thimble, in two places: "For a good girl".
Object number: B2092.1
Mrs. Jacob Nichols
ca. 1887
Object number: 2010.1.88
Late 1800s to Early 1900s
Thimbles
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Sewing Boxes
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1800s
Reveries of a Bachelor
Object number: 2010.28
Daniel Chester French
1871 - 1904
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood and Lavinia Warren Stratton)
Object number: Pi1141.2g
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Late 1800s
Mannequins
Object number: 2013.009
1830 - 1870
Object number: PER2201
Late 1800s