This vintage Christmas postcard by Ellen Clapsaddle features an adorable Victorian boy with curly blonde hair, dressed in red, white, and blue. The boy is standing on a wooden chair at the table, making him tall enough to place a sprig of holly and berries into the centre of the baked Christmas pudding that is…
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Victorian Lady Serving Food
This vintage clip art illustration features a Victorian lady serving food. She is carrying a soup tureen to the dining table. The image is from the December 1892 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Table Setting Magazine Advertisement
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a book titled The Pattern Cook-Book. The ad includes an illustration of a table setting complete with plates, glasses, cutlery and a centerpiece of flowers and candelabras. A variety of bottles and jugs are displayed on a sideboard behind the table. Here is a black and white clip…
Thanksgiving Day Turkey Postcard
Wishing my fellow Canadians a very Happy Thanksgiving Day today! This lovely vintage Thanksgiving postcard features an illustration of a roasted turkey on a platter. The turkey is decorated with a fan of feathers and a bouquet of pink flowers behind. A vase of fall greenery, a bun wrapped in a napkin, a place setting of cutlery and…
Within Reach
This adorable vintage clip art illustration features a young Victorian girl reaching for a treat from a table that is set for a tea party or lunch. I think the little girl is planning to share with her cat because she has placed one of the small plates on the floor beside him. The cat…
Playing Grocer
This fun vintage postcard features a young Victorian boy, dressed in red, behind an old fashioned store counter. He is weighing scoops of sugar and there is a stack of canned goods on the counter beside him. The title on the lower left of the postcard is: Playing Grocer. The postcard was printed by Raphael…
Christmas Feast ~ Free Vintage Graphics
“Bounce, Buckram!Velvet’s dear!Christmas comes but once a year,When it comes it brings good cheer,BEEF, PLUM-PUDDING, MINCE-PIES, AND BEER!” This wonderful image of a Christmas feast illustrates the last sentence from the vintage storybook, Tom Tucker and Little Bo Peep, by Thomas Hood, illustrated by Alice Wheaton Adams, published in 1891. The illustration is repeated on the well worn back…
Victorian Table Setting ~ Free Clip Art
This vintage clip art image features a formal table setting for a party of twelve people. The table is set in the center of an elegant Victorian dining room. The illustration is from Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, by Thos. E. Hill, 1886. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Tea Time ~ Free Clip Art
Here is an interesting page, titled Social Observances, from a Victorian ladies’ magazine. The page includes an illustration of two women, seated at a small table, drinking tea. The main article on the page gives detailed information regarding wedding customs of the day. One detail states that invitations should be sent out two weeks in…
Victorian Dressing Table ~ Free Clip Art
Here is an elegant Victorian dressing table with matching chair and footstool. The illustration 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…
Wreath Candles Fruit Christmas Card ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely one-sided vintage Christmas card includes a wreath of holly and berries on a window above a table that is covered with a white cloth. A burning candle sits on each end of the table and a bowl of fruit is in the center. The greeting is written on the drop of the tablecloth….
