thimble display
My granddaughter will be graduating from high school next month and I want to gift her with a thimble that was given to her great-grandmother at her graduation in 1926. It is silver and etched with her initials. My granddaughter is named for her so it is extra special. I've looked online for a display "container" for a single thimble but everything I find is for multiple thimbles such as for collectors. Does anyone have a suggestion of a way to display this one thimble?
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I wonder if a picture framing place would have, or maybe could make something to let this one little thimble "shine".
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What about a shadow box. I think they still make them. I used one years ago to put some keys, pictures, etc from grandpa as a memento. I think they also come pretty small.
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Originally Posted by illinois
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My granddaughter will be graduating from high school next month and I want to gift her with a thimble that was given to her great-grandmother at her graduation in 1926. It is silver and etched with her initials. My granddaughter is named for her so it is extra special. I've looked online for a display "container" for a single thimble but everything I find is for multiple thimbles such as for collectors. Does anyone have a suggestion of a way to display this one thimble?
I also found small glass domes: http://www.collectingwarehouse.com/P...yABEgLMvfD_BwE |
Maybe find a picture of the great grandmother and include it? Also, find some way to label the display and/or include some information. It would be a shame to lose the story behind the thimble. I have several family items that have become detached from their "stories", and I feel obligated to protect them and pass them on but am hampered by the lack of information. The next generation will no doubt value them less, and it is a shame.
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Hobby lobby has shadow boxes in different sizes. Can you put a picture of great grandma in the frame with the thimble?
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Hobby lobby has bell displays that are perfect for thimbles or pocket watchesif you type in bell display they will come up. Anna
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The pocket watch bell is what I use. I even got lucky several yrs ago at a flea and got really small ones. Glove forms work also. [ATTACH=CONFIG]590578[/ATTACH] Perfect!
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Indeed, perfect items, mermaid! Thank you to all for suggestions. I hadn't considered the picture, too. Many minds working together........
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I have seen advertisements in the past that showed a thimble in a wire cage and worn as a necklace. Your granddaughter is a very fortunate young woman.
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