Museum

Until further notice the Thimble Guild Museum in Biggar is closed - sorry for any inconvenience caused. We are in the process of re-housing our collection to its new home at our head office in Brampton, Cumbria. Watch this space for more news regarding the opening event...

In the meantime we thought we would showcase some of our Museum pieces here online……

Silver Hallmarked Stone - Special Edition
This unrepeatable limited edition is made from Sterling Silver set with semi-precious stones from all over the World. It also served as a record of the last eight years of British Hallmarking as we knew it. Since 1999 we have had to comply with EEC regulations which make many of the marks redundant. We offered four pieces representing a particular year in the Hallmarking. The Letter T inscribed represents 1993 for all Assay offices. A Mexican crazy lace agate tops the thimble representing the Sheffield office, while a red banded agate from Brazil is set into the thimble donating London. You will find a banded agate from Brazil with the Edinburgh Castle symbol and a Black mother of pearl from the Philippines with the Birmingham anchor symbol. These Thimbles were crafted to the highest standards and strictly limited to 100 sets worldwide.
June 2000 £125

Natural Wonder
Amber is undoubtedly one of the natural wonders of the world. Once it has been highly polished its beauty is unsurpassed. Here beads of Amber have been incorporated into a stylish and stunningly designed hallmarked silver Thimble, a collectors treasure!
November 1997 £63.72

Monarchs of the Twentieth Century
This dazzling collection was produced by Tony Bouchet and each thimble is unique. Every one bears a perfect Royal silhouette in black, set of with no less than 22ct hand applied concentric gold bands, dates and inscriptions. At the turn of the twentieth century HM Queen Victoria (1837-1901) was on the throne. Followed by HM King Edward VII (1901-1910) HM King George V (1910-1936) HM King Edward VIII (1936) who abdicated in favour of his brother HM King George VI (1936-1952), who led us through the dark days of world war two, And so to our present beloved Queen, HM Queen Elizabeth II(1952-) This is a stunning, Significant, Exclusive and unique commissioned collection limited to 2500 sets worldwide.

Dorothy Box
This dazzling collection was produced by Tony Bouchet and each thimble is unique. Every one bears a perfect Royal silhouette in black, set of with no less than 22ct hand applied concentric gold bands, dates and inscriptions. At the turn of the twentieth century HM Queen Victoria (1837-1901) was on the throne. Followed by HM King Edward VII (1901-1910) HM King George V (1910-1936) HM King Edward VIII (1936) who abdicated in favour of his brother HM King George VI (1936-1952), who led us through the dark days of world war two, And so to our present beloved Queen, HM Queen Elizabeth II(1952-) This is a stunning, Significant, Exclusive and unique commissioned collection limited to 2500 sets worldwide.
February 1989 £78.80

Antique Sewing set
Only 57 sets of these lovely double sewing sets were sold by The Thimble Guild in April 1988 for £24.75 a set. They are in their original red divided boxes and date back about 70 years. The gold coloured set is a mixture of brass and tombak. The silver coloured one is nickel plated brass. When you unscrew the containers you find a Thimble, a cotton holder, pins and a safety pin. The sets are finished off with a coloured tassle.