Hmmm...as always, I'm taking the eBay description with a grain of salt.
It may be that the person who used this thimble used it to make lace
(probably needle lace) but it is just a regular decorated sewing
thimble, possibly late Victorian (?). The "coat of arms" could be the
crest of a school or a guild. Also, souvenir sewing thimbles decorated
with crests were sold everywhere (and still are, like spoons, in a lot
of places), so it could equally well be a geographic crest - (like the
town or province/state/county you bought the souvenir in).
Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of Canada)
A friend sent me this item from Ebay. (As usual, make certain you
paste it
into your browser as one line if it is coming to you as two lines.)
Any
opinions out there about the label on this item?
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