C-scrolled around base; tapered cylindrical body with slightly domed top, terminating in circular mouth with molded edge.
thimbles
brass (alloy)
silver (metal)
Brass
Silver
THIMBLE
Marked ""7"" on outside, ""STERLING"" on inside.
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
0.75 (H), 0.625 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.712.1
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