These four vintage pages include a wonderful variety of methods for folding serviettes. The pages are from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, 1907.Fleur de Lis Varieties The Fan The Palm, The Lily, and the Cactus The Slipper Click on images to enlarge.
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Old Stove Catalogue Page and Clip Art
This aged page, from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. 1907 catalogue, features a wood burning Acme pioneer cook stove. Here is a black and white clipart version of the stove. Click on images to enlarge.
Salt and Pepper Shakers ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a lovely vintage set of salt and pepper shakers that is nicely decorated with hand-painted flowers. This old magazine advertisement is from a supplement to the November 1889 issue of the American Agriculturist magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image from the ad. Click on images to enlarge.
Antique Soup Tureen Engraving ~ Free Clip Art
This engraving of a beautiful antique soup tureen is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. Click on image to enlarge.
Thanksgiving Themed Bridge Tally Cards ~ Free Graphics
In Canada we celebrate Thanksgiving in October but I’m sending warm wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving to my neighbors in the United States who are celebrating today! Here are three vintage Thanksgiving themed bridge tally cards. The scene on the first card shows a pilgrim couple walking a path through the woods. The woman…
Woman Carrying Pie ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is a vintage clip art image of a woman carrying a warm pie. She is using a potholder that appears to be one of two attached to the front of her apron by long narrow strips of fabric. The image is from the December 1919 issue of The Modern Priscilla magazine. Click on…
Atmore’s Mince Meat Victorian Trade Card ~ Free Graphic
Here is a Victorian trade card advertising Atmore’s Mince Meat and Genuine English Plum Pudding. The image on this card is of a woman carrying a platter of plum pudding with one hand and a tea towel in her other hand. She is wearing a white blouse, red skirt and blue and white apron. Her hair is…
Clapsaddle Girl in Red Dress Postcard
In a blog post I wrote in December 2011, I mentioned that I was looking for a particular vintage Ellen Clapsaddle Thanksgiving postcard. That postcard includes an adorable young girl, in a red dress and white pinafore, holding a wooden spoon. On shelving behind her are two large pies, a covered sugar bowl, a pitcher and a…
Antique Coffee and Tea Set
This lovely coffee and tea set engraving is from The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue, published for the proprietors, by George Virtue in London, 1851. The ornamental set was a work of Broadhead & Atkin of Sheffield, manufacturers of silver and plated goods and includes: a coffeepot, teapot, cream jug and sugar basin. Click on image to enlarge.
Homemade Loaf of Raisin Bread
This delicious looking loaf of homemade raisin bread is cooling on a round, flat, decorated stone. Half of the loaf has been sliced; half remains unsliced. The image is from Balanced Daily Diet, a small cookbook by Janet McKenzie Hill, 1921. Click on image to enlarge.
Chocolates Vintage Printable Catalogue Page
This printable vintage catalogue page includes an assortment of old fashioned lace-trimmed boxes of chocolates! The page is from the 1916 Sears Roebuck and Co. fall and winter catalogue. Click on image to enlarge.
Christmas Plum Pudding ~ Vintage Recipe and Clip Art
This grungy, aged and yellowed vintage cookbook page includes an old fashioned recipe for Christmas Plum Pudding. I scanned the page from Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, circa 1888. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image of plum pudding from the page. Click on images to enlarge.
