Thimble

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Collection Type

Tools and equipment

Date

1900-1991

GUSN

GUSN-10876

Description

White metal "modern" thimble. "Everyday" thimble of utilitarian design - bands of vertical lines in a tabering cone. Tap waffled.

Details

Descriptive Terms

thimbles
aluminum (metal)
casting (process)
Aluminum
Cast
Thimble

Inscription

Molded inscription located inside. 3/Made in W. Germany/14mm.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

West Germany

Dimensions

0.75 x 0.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.636

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