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Wooden thimble and holder
« on: December 13, 2013, 09:28:11 pm »
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Okay, here's one to banter around: a wooden thimble and holder. The bottom has no markings, but does have a felt pad. It was bought back in the 1990's. Maybe a woodworking class project? Got me!

The 'potty' came with a pot metal thimble. Bought in the '90s, too. It made me laugh.

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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2013, 07:09:39 am »
your thimble holder is what we call Treen ware....
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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2013, 10:27:55 am »
We used to call it Treen Ware too. At least us old timers did.

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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2013, 02:27:04 pm »
We used to call it Treen Ware too. At least us old timers did.
another old timer.....wonders will never cease.... ;D
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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2013, 10:41:14 pm »
Have to agree with the "oldies" on here!  :)

The patterns/shapes of these are among the more common in style and don't command a valuable price.  If you had ones that were carved in the shape of people, animals, common objects...they command a higher value.  Also the really old ones do as well.

Nice pieces though!!!
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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2013, 08:03:00 am »
These were bought back when I was raising a family of four on a welder's salary only. Probably didn't pay more than $15.00 for each.  I thought I would bring them out of storage and share.

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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2013, 10:01:30 am »
These were bought back when I was raising a family of four on a welder's salary only. Probably didn't pay more than $15.00 for each.  I thought I would bring them out of storage and share.
we have 6 between us....5 for me......sometimes wished that i,d bought a TV ...a lot earlier..... ;D..
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Re: Wooden thimble and holder
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2013, 09:13:57 pm »
Thanks for sharing!  Love these snippets of time!!!
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