Antique Sterling Silver Three Birds Thimble By Waite, Thresher Co. Circa 1890s
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AntiqueSterling Silver Three Birds Thimble byWaite, Thresher Co. * Circa 1890s This antiquesterling silver thimble has a wide band with embossed bird and foliagedesigns allaround.It'smarked"Sterling" inside the top along with the starlogo of the Waite, Thresher Co. of Providence, Rhode Island and the size(7). Thisthimble is shown on p. 117 (plate 10) of Gay Ann Rogers' book American Silver Thimbles.The condition is mint, crisp and in round with no... holes, dents or otherdamage. It doesn't even have a needle scratch and may not have everbeen used. Thecartouche is not personalized
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