Once upon a time there was a frog
- Jeremy Fisher

early, longer length bookmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

later, standard length bookmark
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
{image of Jeremy Fisher}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Once upon a time
 there was a frog
 called Mr. Jeremy
 Fisher ; he lived in
 a little damp house
 amongst the butter
 - cups at the edge
 of a pond .......
 
                     Beatrix Potter
 
 

Of bookmark: cm deep by cm wide

The Bookmark Society allocated a Number of 262 to the earlier, longer bookmark, and with a copyright notice woven on the reverse top turnover of:

© F Warne & Co Ltd. London

 
The standard length bookmark is of near identical design, and The Bookmark Society allocated Number of 263. The very minor difference being that the longer version has additional ripples on the pond, below Jeremy.
This standard length bookmark was recorded in both the CASH'S 1995 and 2000 Sales Catalogues with Reference Number of 129. It also has a different copyright notice, being:

MADE BY CASH'S OF COVENTRY
© Frederick Warne & Co

 

The standard length bookmark is from the CASH'S BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION series, and others in the same series include:

 

file reference No:	Bookmark Title:
cash-bm0156	Benjamin Bunny / Then he suggested . .
cash-bm0188	But Hunca Munca had a frugal mind
cash-bm0386	Jemima Puddle-duck - she set off
cash-bm0468 - image above	Once upon a time there was a frog - Jeremy Fisher
cash-bm0469	Once upon a time there was a wood-mouse - Mrs Tittlemouse
cash-bm0492	Peter Rabbit - first he ate some lettuces
cash-bm0595	Squirrel Nutkin - the squirrels filled . . .
cash-bm0632	The little person . . Mrs Tiggywinkle
cash-bm0653	There was a snippetting . . . Tailor of Gloucester