Largest collection of thimbles

Largest collection of thimbles
Who
Robert J. Harper
What
8003 total number
Where
Canada (Brockville,Robert J. & Susan Harper's home)
When

The largest collection of thimbles belongs to Robert J. Harper (Canada), with 8,003 different thimbles as of 8 January 2013, in Brockville, Canada. Robert J. Harper began his thimble collection in 1986 with 12 thimbles. His favourite thimble in the collection is pewter thimble with a drummer boy figure.