This beautifully designed vintage hand bell is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge. Related posts: Antique Wine Glasses Engraving ~ Free Digital Clip Art Image Victorian Water Fountain ~ Free Clip Art Image Ornamental Harp Design ~ Free Vintage Clip […]
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Here are two vintage business postcards dated July 29, 1879 and October 27, 1879. An advertisement in the upper left corner of the back of each postcard reads, “Gleanings in Bee Culture, monthly, $1.00 per year, Sample copy free – A I. Root.” Another bit of advertising on the bottom of the back of the […]
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Here is a Victorian lady modelling an elegant dress referred to as a Ladies’ Tea-Gown. The lady’s hair is wavy and arranged into a bun at the top of her head. She is holding a fan in her left hand. The illustration is from the April 1895 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on […]
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Here is an image of a young Victorian girl, facing left, standing in a patch of grass. She is wearing a knee-length dress that has ruffles at the armhole and hem and a ribbon at the waist that is tied into a bow at the back. She has on a sunbonnet with a large brim that covers […]
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Here is a vintage French seed label that features a lovely illustration of purple and yellow pansies. The description on the label is: Pensee Anglaise a Grande Fleur Variee. This type of vintage seed label would have been pasted on a seed packet or jar of seeds for retail sale. Click on image to enlarge. […]
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Here is a vintage engraving of a crab. The scientific name for this type of crab is Cancer pagurus. The illustration is from Cassell’s Household Guide Volume I, circa 1869. Click on image to enlarge. Related posts: Large Goldfish in Aquarium ~ Free Vintage Clip Art Rooster Hen Dorkings ~ Free Vintage Clip Art Straw Bee […]
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This charming Kate Greenaway image features a mother walking with her baby girl. The mom is holding an open turquoise-colored umbrella above them with her right hand. She is cradling her baby in her left arm and the baby’s head is resting on mommy’s shoulder. The image is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image […]
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Here are two illustrations of pine cones that grow on a Scots pine tree. The first is a single pine cone; the second shows two pine cones on a branchlet. Fig. 186 Cone of Pinus Sylvestris Fig. 187 is a Branchlet and Cones of Pinus Sylvestris. The imagess are from the Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening – A […]
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Here is a vintage seed packet for Kale. The front of the package includes an illustration of a head of kale with a field of kale in the background. This vintage envelope for kale seeds was printed for the Card Seed Co. The back of the The back of the packet gives suggestions for planting and care of […]
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This vintage catalogue page features two old-fashioned couches. The style illustrated at the top of the page is a Quarter-Sawed Oak Couch; the style illustrated at the bottom of the page is a Fabricord Leather Couch. The page is from the Universal Home Furnishers catalogue published by the Spiegel May Stern Co. in 1908. Here are black and white versions of the […]
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