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A thimble Der Fingerhüter (Thimblemaker) from Das Ständebuch by Jost Amman, 1568. A thimble is a small pitted cup worn on the finger that protects it from being pricked or poked by a needle while sewing. The Old English word þȳmel, the ancestor of thimble, is derived from Old English þūma, the ancestor of the English word thumb. [1]
[2] [3] These solved the problem of the previous soft, silver thimbles by using a sandwich of strong steel and sterling silver layers. The three layers were formed separately, stacked together, and then a protruding lip of the inner silver liner was burnished over the steel, locking into place in a groove around the outer silver decorative layer.
The tea service was presented to the National Museum of American History in 1957. [16] Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant asked Gorham to commemorate the country's one-hundredth anniversary with a spectacular Century Vase that contained over 2,000 oz (57,000 g) of sterling silver, and in 1899, it produced a grand "loving cup" composed of 70,000 dimes was ...
The thimble is 24mm long and has an 18mm diameter at the base. It is typical of thimbles made by Charles Horner of Yorkshire. It has a domed top which, along with the upper half of the walls, is decorated with flower motifs. The lower part of the walls have a waffle pattern and then a plain band on which are the hall marks and makers marks.
The cars became very popular and at one time Cox was producing over 1500 cars per day. In 1948 Roy Cox was approached by the Cameron Brothers, model engine makers, who had built some engine packages specifically for Cox's Champion race car. This engine was sold separately as "Thimble Drome" for the Champion car.
The thimble -- a tool used in sewing to prevent pricking one's thumb with a needle -- was the second of the games' original pieces to be dropped after players gave a thumbs-down to the iron in ...
Elzie Crisler Segar (/ ˈ s iː ɡ ɑːr /; [1] December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist.He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre.
In William Shakespeare's plays, a tailor was variously called a "thread", a "thimble", and a "rag". By reputation, tailors were generally presumed to drink to excess and to have effeminate tendencies (likely because of the view of sewing as a woman's activity).