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The Miners Baby Thimble Marking.jpg - THE MINERS BABY - Very rare folding hook and thimble model candlestick, nickel plated over copper on steel, 10 1/2 in. long with 1 in. thimble and 2 3/4 in. hook, marked on the shaft near the tip PAT APD FOR and also mid shaft STEEL, thimble is marked THE MINERS BABY, 5 or 6 known examples, ex-Bob Schroth collection (The Miners Baby was patented on Mar. 8, 1910 as patent No. 951,595 awarded to John J. Cluin of Chicago, IL. The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 1909. All known examples follow the patent except for the thimble thumb tab. No thumb lever is present on any known model but all have the small tabs at the top and bottom of the thimble. To operate the stick, one pulls on the ring by the hook, thus disengaging the hook shaft from the slot and allowing both the hook and thimble to be rotated into a flat position. Releasing the ring allows the hook shaft to reengage the locking slot. The Miners Baby is unique in that it’s the only mining candlestick marked with any variation on the words mining, miner or mine. #224 in Wilson’s Miners’ Candlestick Guide)

The Miners Baby Thimble Marking | THE MINERS BABY - Very rare folding hook and thimble model candlestick, nickel plated over copper on steel, 10 1/2 in. long with 1 in. thimble and 2 3/4 in. hook, marked on the shaft near the tip PAT APD FOR and also mid shaft STEEL, thimble is marked THE MINERS BABY, 5 or 6 known examples, ex-Bob Schroth collection (The Miners Baby was patented on Mar. 8, 1910 as patent No. 951,595 awarded to John J. Cluin of Chicago, IL. The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 1909. All known examples follow the patent except for the thimble thumb tab. No thumb lever is present on any known model but all have the small tabs at the top and bottom of the thimble. To operate the stick, one pulls on the ring by the hook, thus disengaging the hook shaft from the slot and allowing both the hook and thimble to be rotated into a flat position. Releasing the ring allows the hook shaft to reengage the locking slot. The Miners Baby is unique in that it’s the only mining candlestick marked with any variation on the words mining, miner or mine. #224 in Wilson’s Miners’ Candlestick Guide)

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