Here is a beautifully designed Victorian plant stand (referred to as a flower stand in the book I scanned it from). The engraving is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
Archives for August 15, 2014
French Seed Label ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage French seed label that features a lovely illustration of white, purple and pink flowers. I did an online translation of the text on the label, Belle de Jour Ordinaire, and came up with beautiful ordinary day. I’m not great at identifying flowers and that translation doesn’t help much. All I know for…
Ornamental Alphabets
Here are two pages of beautiful and elegant Victorian ornamental alphabets. All of the letters of our modern alphabet are included on the page titled New Ornamental Capitals but the “J” and “Z” are not included on the page titled Ornamental Initial Letters. The pages are from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click…
