A birthday : let this pledge of earnest love, by your acceptance welcome prove, and happy birthdays may you see, and your dear heart from care be free.
Published / Created:
Leamington : E. Bollans & Co., [approximately 1870]
Physical Description:
1 silk picture : color ; 18 x 4 cm (with tassel)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNK9002.B6 B52 BoxYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:
For information about silk bookmarks issued by E. Bollans & Co., see: Godden, G. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, pages 407-410.A woven picture, machine-embroidered on silk. On white silk in blue, red, green, and gold.The words "E. Bollans & Co." and "Leamington" are embroidered on the reverse.Silk picture bookmark (in the manner of a Stevengraph) featuring birthday wishes above and below an illustration of a rural scene, with small house and horse-drawn cart. With a gold tassel at the foot of the bookmark.