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Approximately 100 gold thimbles will be sold in multiple lots. The thimble on the left is by Simons Brothers and features five engraved stars, each containing a pearl-like stone. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ Aug. 28 auction a stitch in time

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Approximately 100 gold thimbles will be sold in multiple lots. The thimble on the left is by Simons Brothers and features five engraved stars, each containing a pearl-like stone. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
Approximately 100 gold thimbles will be sold in multiple lots. The thimble on the left is by Simons Brothers and features five engraved stars, each containing a pearl-like stone. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans and Associates’ auction Aug. 28 will feature the sewing collection of the late Fern I. Hill of Beaver, Pa. LiveAuctioneers will provide Internet life bidding.

Mrs. Hill was a charter member of Thimble Collectors International and this auction includes her extensive and significant collection of over 3,000 antique and contemporary thimbles, of which approximately 100 are gold and 1,150 are sterling silver.

The sale will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern with the sale of an excellent reference library on sewing collectibles.

Additional sewing-related material includes thimble cases and holders, work boxes, reel stands, figural needle cases and tape measures, chatelaines, sewing kits, sewing machines, a wide assortment of other needleworking tools, Tartanware, vegetable ivory, bone/ivory, enamel and sterling, Unger Brothers, and Tiffany & Co.

This auction will also feature a large collection of 19th-century and 20th century women’s accoutrements and objets d’art including hatpins, hatpin and stickpin holders, over 100 beaded and mesh purses, all types of small silver objects, poesy holders, pungent and scent bottles, a wide assortment of dresser articles, small boxes, porcelain half dolls and , vintage costume jewelry.

For details contact Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates at 540-434-3939.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

A Russian silver and niello cigarette case from the turn of the 20th century is decorated with a winter troika scene. Bearing a stamped city hallmark and Cyrillic letter maker’s mark, the case carries a $100-$200 estimate. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
A Russian silver and niello cigarette case from the turn of the 20th century is decorated with a winter troika scene. Bearing a stamped city hallmark and Cyrillic letter maker’s mark, the case carries a $100-$200 estimate. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.

Two Stuart Tartanware sewing containers (right), a pincushion and a spool holder, comprise lot 206. Also pictured are a thimble holder, included in lot 207, and a J. Duff Tartanware spool container, lot 204. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
Two Stuart Tartanware sewing containers (right), a pincushion and a spool holder, comprise lot 206. Also pictured are a thimble holder, included in lot 207, and a J. Duff Tartanware spool container, lot 204. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.

A collection of Victorian tussie mussie poesy holders will be sold at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ auction Aug. 28. Provenance: Provenance: Hilda Fried estate, New York City. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.
A collection of Victorian tussie mussie poesy holders will be sold at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ auction Aug. 28. Provenance: Provenance: Hilda Fried estate, New York City. Image courtesy of Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates.