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Thimble

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

GUSN

GUSN-10885

Description

Honeycomb design with two plain and two beaded borders with floral design between.

Details

Descriptive Terms

thimbles
gold (metal)
Gold Plate
THIMBLE

Inscription

Pressed on floral band, ""10"" (suggest makers mark?)

Associated Building

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

Additional Identification Number

1992.634

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

0.75 x 0.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.637

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