Antique Solid Silver Thimble.
Good set of Full British Silver Hallmarks.
Registered Silver Design Number 210800.
Made by Charles Horner.
Assayed in Chester in 1897,
The Thimble is 1.6cm in diameter and 2.2cm high.
A Few Small Holes where Needles have Pierced the Soft Silver.
Charles Horner would later Patent a Process where the Thimble had a Steel Layer Sandwiched with Silver.
These Thimbles could not be Hallmarked as Silver.
This Chester Silver Example Thimble is of Significant Historical Importance and Value.