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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lecollectionneur, post: 489825, member: 8569&quot;]There is a simple way to count how old an item can be, usually used is the 25 years method, for each generation you count 25 years.</p><p>Those cloisonné thimbles can be from 1950 to now based on those I&#039;ve seen, they are decorative and not really made for use, sold as fairs or in tourist boutiques, a nice souvenir for the person in the family who is a sewing aficionado.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;ve nielloed ones in hands which are made for the same purpose in Asia, the European olders are usable and just decorated on the base as the enameled ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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