Modern china and porcelain thimbles from Australia

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Australian Impressions Western Australia

Fine bone china Back-stamped Featured on p49 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book Australian fauna 129a = $9 Wombat 129b = $9 Leadbeater's possum 129c = $9 Platypus 129d = $9 Numbat 129e = $9 Red kangaroo 129f = $9 Koala temporarily out of stock Floral emblems of the Australian states 130a = $9 Pink heath 130b = $9 each Sturts desert rose 130c = $9 Sturts desert pea 130d = $9 Royal bluebells 130e = $9 Cooktown orchid temporarily out of stock 130f = $9 Kangaroo paw temporarily out of stock 130g = $9 Tasmanian blue gum 130h = $9 Waratah temporarily out of stock 130i = $9 Golden wattle temporarily out of stock Western Australian series 131a = $9 Perth skyline facing onto the Swan River temporarily out of stock 131c = $9 Round House Fremantle 131c = $9 Black Swan Western Australia's emblem

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Australian themed cottage-shaped thimbles England some with a Birchcroft backstamp

311a = $9 Sydney 2000 Post Office 311b = $9 each Waltzing Matilda Dance Studio Birchcroft backstamp 311c = $9 Outback Oddities Museum Birchcroft backstamp 311d = $9 Dinky Diner Fast Food 311e = $9 Welcome to the Weary Wombat 311f = $9 each Parched Platypus Ices 311g = $9 Dunny Down Under

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Beate North Queensland handpainted porcelain

Beate is no longer handpainting thimbles 'cause of the lack of quality blank thimbles! see also: Beate's buttons OTHER COLLECTABLES

22/58 = $30 Pink Rose gold painted apex + certificate

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Birchcroft Fine bone china Gt Britain

uu849 = $12 Australian Endangered Species Threatened Acacias Wattles WWF Australia on verso uu850 = $12 Australian Endangered Species Proteaceae WWF Australia on verso

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Caverswall England

Made for the Australian market 328 // 8/1557 = $20 each Brisbane City Hall boxed Featured on p50 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book

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Gems of Tasmania Tasmania, Australia

Porcelain thimbles Backstamped These thimbles that are made in Launceston, came to my attention too late for inclusion in Thimbles of Australia but they are a welcome addition, being reasonably priced and of good quality with a large range of Australian icons and themed thimbles 327c = $6 Red kangaroo 327i = $6 each Sturt's Desert Pea 327m = $6 each Border Collie 327o = $6 Black Labrador 327p = $6 Rottweiler 327q = $6 Spaniel 327s = $6 Silky Terrier 327hh = $6 Cataract Gorge Tasmania 327ii = $6 Ross, Tasmania 327jj // uu885 = $6 each Richmond, Tasmania 327pp = $6 Golly 327rr = $6 Gollies in car 327uu = $6 ABT Railway 327w w = $6 Fairy 327xx = $6 Tasmanian Tiger 17/16 // uu668 = $4 each cow

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Kyneton Fine China Kyneton, Australia

Decaled sprig of wattle on verso Kyneton Fine China branched out from their handpainted thimbles range and produced these very high quality decaled thimbles which were designed by Rita Daniel each has a sprig of wattle on the verso Rita Daniel has retired so there will be no more handpainted thimbles Once these have sold out, there will be no more! 376a = $22 Fairy penguin 376b = $22 each Kangaroo 376c = $22 each Koala 376e = $22 Magpie 376f = $22 each Tree frog

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Pan Arts Collectables Sydney, Australia

Australia Series Backstamped the numbering under the price is the Pan Arts Australia Series number. Some designs do not carry the number on the thimble tho If there are any thimbles in this series not featured here, please ask, as I can order them for you, if the thimble is still in production Featured on p53 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book 275a // uu867 = $9 each [34] Captain Cook and the Endeavour 275d = $9 [2] Kookaburra temporarily out of stock 275f = $9 each [5] Sydney Harbour Bridge 275g = $9 [7] Great Barrier Reef 275h = $9 [8] Ayers Rock 275i = $9 [9] Sulphur-crested cockatoo 275j = $9 [10] Platypus 275l = $9 [12] Wombat 275n // gg201 // 8/1548 = $9 each [16] Sydney Cove 1788 275p = $9 [18] Fairy penguin out of stock 275q = $9 [19] Kangaroos temporarily out of stock 275r = $9 [20] Sydney Opera House 275s = $9 [21] Echidna 275t // 8/1085 = $9 each [22] Advance Australia Fair 275u = $9 [23] Melbourne 275v = $9 [24] Parliament House 275w = $9 [25] "No worries" new colours temporarily out of stock 275x = $9 [26] Australian Tea Ceremony 275z = $9 [28] Sydney sesquicentenary [Birchcroft backstamp] 275cc = $9 [3] Koala 275dd = $9 [38] Sydney welcomes the year 2000 275ee = $9 each [39] Australia welcomes the year 2001 275ff = $9 each [30] Black swan [family] 275hh // uu874 = $9 each [S.4] Sun Herald Koala Fund from 1989 275ll = $9 each [37] Koala on a yellow background sale pending 275mm = $9 each [Sig 5] Gang gang cockatoo 275nn = $9 [36] Green and Golden Bell frogs Sydney with the Olympic colours 275oo = $9 each [42] Eureka Stockade uu868 = $9 [33] Green and Golden Bell Frog…Sydney Australia

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Platypus Gallery Collection Victoria, Australia

379a = $10 each Sydney Harbour Bridge 379b = $10 each Melbourne tram 379c = $10 Kangaroo 379d = $10 Kangaroo group

Animals Australian pewter affixed to blank china thimbles 307b = $11 Turtle 307c = $11 Frog cream porcelain 307e = $11 Lizard

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Lee Sanders Adelaide, South Australia

Lee's name only appeared in Thimbles of Australia's list of thimble painters so I am delighted to have these thimbles for sale Lee regularly paints thimbles for the Thimble Guild in Scotland China thimbles with handpainted themes all round, with gold apex and a decorated rim that matches the theme of each thimble design signed and dated by the artist being handpainted, no two are identical 380d = $50 each Poppies & cornflowers 380f = $50 each Mixed floral 380i = $50 Yellow flowers with butterfly 380k = $50 Pink flowers with butterfly

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Other Australian including Handpainteds

8/1126 = $5 China Expo Oz Brisbane Australia [1988] with Expo scene Featured on plate 20 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book 8/1135 = $6 China Waratah Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1136 // 8/1456 = $6 each China Pink heath Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1137 = $6 China Sturt desert pea Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1138 = $6 China Cooktown orchid Westminster look-alike no backstamp 8/1462 = $6 China Expo Oz Brisbane Australia [1988] Together We’ll Show the World Featured on plate 20 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book 8/1463 = $4 China Red Cross 8/1543 = $18 China handpainted fishing trawler scene Broome 8/1555 = $22 Porcelain handpainted by Jan Finch 150th anniversary of the BUSH family 1835-1985 8/1558 = $6 China commemorating World Expo Brisbane Australia Featured on plate 20 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book hh305 = $12 Porcelain handpainted roses all round signed by Paula Amack? uu651 = $4 China Etching by Perry Fletcher [unmarked] uu802 = $4 China Commemorating The Millennium 1000-2000 A.D. Australia on verso uu804 = $5 China Penrith Australia uu810 = $2 China Australia on verso uu811 = $2 China Ayer’s Rock Australia uu812 = $2 China Penola S.A. uu813 = $2 China Flinders Ranges S.A. uu814 = $1 China Wollongong N.S.W. uu820 = $3 China Pink Heath Vic uu821 = $3 China Cooktown Orchid Qld uu823 = $1 China Waratah N.S.W. - chip on rim - uu829 = $2 China Seal Rocks Seal Island Victoria uu830 = $4 China Commemorating Halley’s Comet Australia 1986 uu831 = $2 China Cockington Green Canberra uu833 = $2 China Connors Mill Toodyay WA uu834 = $3 China The Shire of Yass incorporated 1980 uu843 = $3 China Air Sea Rescue Point Danger Australia uu845 = $2 China Great Barrier Reef Airlie Beach uu851 = $12 Porcelain handpainted, signature unclear uu861 = $7 China Festival Theatre Adelaide housed in crocheted thimble container uu876 = $3 China Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia uu879 = $2 China Major Mitchell Cockatoo plastic button in apex for Kangaroo Island uu884 = $2 China lustreware Koala Australia sale pending

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Thimbles of Australia by Susan Jean Gowan was published in 1998 Order one today

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Last updated 20 November 2009

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