Collecting Souvenir Thimbles - And Staying With Collectors

 I used to buy thimbles showing local landmarks as souvenirs of my travels. I am a keen sewer, but I found porcelain thimbles too bulky to use and preferred metal ones. So I stored my increasing numbers of thimbles in a small display case.

Thimbles in a display case. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Thimbles were small enough to go in my handbag, and did not take up lots of room in a suitcase. 

You can buy display cases for thimbles.

Display cases which are open are more likely to collect dust. But provide easy access if you want to take items out and read the detailed wording.

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If you are travelling on budget airlines such as RyanAir, you need to buy small souvenirs, or look for a company which will ship to your home country.

 I looked online for thimble display cases. The ones on Amazon cost over one hundered pounds sterling. But you can buy a case, a bit scratched and battered looking, already filled with thimbles, for under twenty pounds plus about 3.95 postage, online from charity shops.

If you are keen on collecting thimbles, you can join a local or international thimble collectors' club. I was amazed and delighted to hear that thimble collectors stay with each other, admire each other's collections and swap stories about all kinds of thimbles, such as the open top thimbles used by men who used only the side of the thimble to push needles. More information below.

Useful Websites

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-antique-thimble-collector-sue-gowan/

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