Fancy thimble, ca. 1900
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900 - 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Fancy thimble with a silver colored top, gold colored band with red stones set in it. This is part of a donation from Mary G. Hoppin, an important American collector of thimbles. She amassed her collection from many countries around the world. This particular example was probably made in Florence, Italy in the early 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Tuscany, Florence
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mary Gallatin Hoppin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16794
label: accession number
content: 304648
label: catalog number
content: T16794
label: catalog number
content: T.16794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: thimble
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 11/16 in; 1.905 cm x 1.778 cm