Wooden thimbles from Australia, with indigenous timbers; from around the world, with many different timbers and designs

THERE IS ONE PAGES OF WOODEN THIMBLES

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Australian wooden thimbles Featured on p85-90 of Thimbles of Australia Find out more about my book

Doug Birrell VICTORIA plain thimbles 383d = $9 Blackwood 383e = $9 each WA sheoak 383g = $9 Pear

Doug Birrell VICTORIA thimblefuls 347e = $30 each Pittosporum 2 sizes = 53mm or 60mm

Doug Birrell VICTORIA laminated thimbles 384c = $9 Tiger myrtle and huon pine

Doug Birrell VICTORIA "eye" thimbles 385a = $30 Satin sycamore with jarrah/black bean/cane 385d = $30 Pittosporum with jarrah/walnut/cane 385e = $30 each Mahogany with jarrah/walnut/cane

Doug Birrell VICTORIA Hindenloopen handpainted thimbles in autumn colours 386a = $26 maroon-red

Doug Birrell VICTORIA pyrographed thimbles with Runic symbols 387a = $14 387b = $14 387c = $14

The Deepings Woodturner TASMANIA 8/1553 = $24 Huon Pine handpainted by Fiona Curry commemorating 1st Corroboree of the Needlework Tool Collectors Society of Australia Corroboree ‘90’ numbered '74'

Robert Herron TASMANIA 17/90 = $7 Huon pine

unmarked but probably Robert Herron TASMANIA 17/83 = $5 Myrtle on backing card 17/84 = $8 Huon pine 17/85 = $5 Blackwood on backing card

Sandra Menger BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND unsigned uu791 = $4 small thimble pencil top

John Read PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Thimbles with a glossy finish which enhances the timbers 358a = $10 Sandalwood 358g = $10 Mulga 358j = $10 Gutta percha 358k = $10 Sheoak

Ron Smith PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA unsigned uu761 = $12 pair Sandalwood mother and daughter

Handpainted INDONESIA The details are wonderful amongst the dots - find your favourite Australian fauna amongst these colourful thimbles being handpainted, no two are identical 375a = $11 wombat 375f = $11 echidna 375h = $11 emu 375j = $11 cockatoo [II] 375k = $11 each Sydney Opera House

Unknown maker TASMANIA 17/86 = $4 hand indented apex

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British wooden thimbles

Felix Morrell BATH, ENGLAND he has now retired a205 = $20 1932 threepenny coin in apex

John Urwin SCOTLAND 5/845 = $4 Sycamore Chestnut horse's head 17/81 = $4 Robin Hood c. 1190 bk1376 = $2 unknown timber from his series of timbers of the world

Other 22/57 = $14 Handpainted Carousal - light scratches on one side - uu744 = $4 Oak unnamed uu749 = $6 Padauk unnamed uu752 = $5 Padauk unnamed uu764 = $8 Essex pyrographed to give castle effect

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French wooden thimbles

bk583 = $14 handpainted with French teddy bear on the beach on both sides

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Indian wooden thimbles

bk509 = $7 handpainted

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Russian wooden thimbles

uu512 = $5 Moscow Boston 2004 for the 2004 TCI Convention handpainted by Irina Timofeeva 2004 uu922= $12 Matruska doll handpainted 43mm height

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

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Last updated 18 November 2009

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