Porcelain thimble
Record status
Individual type · partial
This object is an English porcelain sewing thimble dating to the 1800s. It features a tapered cylindrical body with a rounded domed top indented with pit indentations across the apex. The maker is recorded as unknown.
The body of the thimble is made of white porcelain decorated with painted floral motifs, including pink and blue blossoms with green foliage. Thin gold-coloured bands encircle the circumference near the base and around the middle section below the plain upper band.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This thimble is part of a museum acquisition group encompassing various decorative and commemorative thimbles produced in materials such as porcelain, silver, and base metal.
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Unknown
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Group of thimbles
- Museum object number
- T.165-1929
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.