Charles Horner Dorcas thimble, silver, antique.stamped 'Dorcas, CH, 8' c1900-1910.

Dorca silver Charles Horner antique thimble

The thimble is 6.30grams

About Charles Horner Dorcas Thimbles.
The Dorcas thimble came about because of an intrinsic flaw in silver thimbles. Silver is soft, steel needles were hard. This silver thimbles were often punctured in use by needles causing the user a bit of discomfort. Thimbles were actually socially very important - they served as the precursor to an engagement ring, so it was important for them to be made from a precious metal. So in 1885 Charles Horner invented the Dorcas thimble which basically consisted of three thimbles in one an outer decorated silver thimble, an inner steel thimble functioning as a hard inner core and a third inner silver thimble. This trilaminar structure enabled the production of a silver thimble perfect as an engagement gift but with the properties of a steel thimble. Needless to say they took the sewing world by storm and really launched Charles Horner as a major manufacturing company. The Dorcas thimble was perceived as THE premium thimble selling at prices considerably higher than the feeble pure silver thimble.

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