ABOVE, LEFT to RIGHT :

JAMES I SILVER THIMBLE,

John Saunders, London, c1620

Maker's Mark I (overlapping) S Within a Shield

The long slender tapering and seamed body with checkered indentations,

the lower border scratch-engraved with the legend

'LOVE GOD', and the initials 'AB'

The mark shown in Jacksons, p. 109, as shown on three spoons.

Condition : Very good for age; opening out of round; wear appropriate to age and usage;

without holes or splits to the silver

1-1/8" High x 5/8" Wide / .1oz.

SOLD / #7636b

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CHARLES I SILVER THIMBLE

London c1635

Maker's mark L.I, a flower below

The short seamed rounded body with dimpled impressions

over a lower border centering a cartouche with two chased hearts

engraved with the initials "M" and "H",

supported to the outside by kneeling angels or cherubs and above a row of beading;

the reverse with a row of hearts (?) over foliate ovals (possibly fruit forms) and further beading

The mark shown in Jackson's, p.117, as appearing on a wine cup with baluster stem.

Condition : Good to excellent with dents and scratches appropriate to age and usage

3/4" High x 5/8" Wide / .2oz.

SOLD / #7636

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DUTCH SILVER OPEN-TOP THIMBLE,

Late 17th / Early 18th Century, The Netherlands, Silver Unmarked

The top above a dimpled impressed body and lower border.
cast with a series of otters (shown on the left)

being chased by "lymers" (hounds, shown to the right)

(In the 17th century (1600s), otters were considered pests.
as they consumed fish that people needed for food.
Thus hunters trained hounds called lymers (or limers) to
follow the otter's scent until the animal was found -
but remain absolutely quiet until the hunters arrived.)

Condition : Animal impressions rubbed, but can be discerned;
otherwise quite good

5/8" High x 3/4" Wide / .1 oz.

SOLD / #7670

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EARLY GEORGIAN SILVER THIMBLE

England,1720-35

Maker's Mark : SB within a heart above a mullet

The mark untraced; thimble dated by form, and the style of mark within that period.

The long slender tapering and seamed body with domed top and shallow dimpled indentations,
above a wide plain border with small round dots to either side

Condition : Excellent, with only minor wear

 
1-1/8" High x 5/8" Wide / .1oz.

SOLD / #7637

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GEORGE III SILVER THIMBLE

England, c1770-80 / The Silver Unmarked

The tapering body and top with dimpled impressions,

above a solid band with reeded borders,

the front engraved with a rectangle centering the owner's initials AK,
the reverse continuing with bright cut leaves within wrigglework

Condition : Excellent with very little minor scratches appropriate to age and use

7/8" High x 5/8" Wide / .1oz.

SOLD / #7671

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Five 17th and 18th Century Silver Thimbles, 3 with maker's marks; M. Forc Creech Antiques 

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