Re: [lace] Ebay -- lace making thimble

2003-11-28 Thread Adele Shaak 
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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Re: [lace] Ebay -- lace making thimble

2003-11-28 Thread Clay Blackwell 
I have watched this thimble for a couple of weeks... it
didn't sell during its first outing, and is reposted (IF I
remember correctly...).  At any rate, I think its claim to
lacemaking is tenuous at best...  Except for the specialty
thimble which has been recently discussed on this list
(thimble with a pusher attached...), I haven't really been
aware of a need for a thimble exclusive to lacemaking.  And
when I did have a need (inadequately pricked pricking which
means I should have used a larger needle...) I used the
(also previously mentioned...) Thimble-its which saved the
day.  I learned my lesson, and now no longer need a thimble.

I think the seller may be banking on the term lacemaking.

Clay





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Subject: [lace] Ebay -- lace making thimble


 Hello all --
 I was waiting to see whether someone else spotted this and
sent it to the
 list (along with comments), and thought it quite a
coincidence that the
 subject of thimbles came up anyway!   (I apologize if
someone has already
 mentioned this on the list.)

 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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 Subject: lace making thimble

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3255711483category=38065
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 regards,
 Lorraine in Albany, NY (recovering from Thanksgiving Day
cooking and about
 to spend the rest of the day on lace--something else to be
thankful for)

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