A collection of Dickens character thimbles and a Crown Derby paperweight, 20th century, the collection of 29 Staffordshire ceramic thimbles, each painted and modelled in the form of a Charles Dickens character, in their original boxes with character leaflets, each stamped to the inside and dated 1983; together with a 1995 Royal Crown Derby paperweight of a dormouse hibernating on its back, the underside with gold stopper, printed mark in red and date code for 1995. Height 5.5 cm, length 7.5 cm, width 6.5 cm, (mouse) length 4 cm, (timbles)