Vintage English fine bone china souvenir thimble featuring a colorful depiction of WESTMINSTER ABBEY with hand-painted 24K gold trim along the base by Jean Manson of England. Good condition with no chips, cracks or other damage to note. Please note that the colorful transfer of Westminster Abbey was distorted during manufacturing and that this china thimble slightly "leans".
Westminster Abbey is steeped in more than a thousand years of history. Benedictine monks first came to this site in the middle of the tenth century, establishing a tradition of daily worship which continues to this day. The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country, with the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint still at its heart. A treasure house of paintings, stained glass, pavements, textiles and other artefacts, Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation's history are buried or commemorated. Taken as a whole the tombs and memorials comprise the most significant single collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the United Kingdom.
This fine English bone china souvenir sewing thimble measures 1-1/10" tall by 7/8" high and is marked on the inside of the thimble JEAN MANSON, FINE BONE CHINA, MADE IN ENGLAND.
A2528 - English Fine Bone China Souvenir Thimble WESTMINSTER ABBEY, England by Jean Manson
$6.00 First Class Mail
