Indian Silver Thimble

A tiny small thimble, dotted on top and curled all over in swirling wire.

This silver thimble is from India. Silver is soft enough to be shaped and decorated by hand, and silversmiths in India have worked it into both practical and ornamental objects for generations. Small thimble with a domed cap pierced by tiny dimples, and a body decorated with raised spiral coils and looping lines of applied wire. A scalloped edge circles the base, and the surface shows warm brown tarnish.

A big sense of decoration for a very small hat.