TO MY SISTER

(flowers)
Sweet days of child-hood . .

Woven by E. Bollans & Co.

Reference Number:-   Bollans catalogue number:-  
obo 676   23  

Bookmark with title words, image of flowers and words of verse
The image of this silk
bookmark kindly donated by
Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
 

Words:

 
TO MY SISTER

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of flowers

 
 
 
 

SWEET DAYS OF CHILD -
- HOOD, TOGETHER
WE'VE SHARED,
AND EACH FOR EACH
OTHER SO TENDERLY
CARED;

AND NOW AS EACH YEAR
BRINGS ITS VERDURE
AND FLOWERS,
THOU ART DEAR TO
MY HEART AS IN
INFANCY'S HOURS.

 
Recorded by John High in his unpublished list
Size of Silk:

16.0cm long by 4.3cm wide

Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:

Signed: "E. BOLLANS & Co. LEAMINGTON." on reverse top turnover:

woven credit at the top turnover of this bookmark

BOLLANS Price List advertisement records Number 23 as " TO MY SISTER, floral and verse ", for sale at 6d. It is believed this description relates to the bookmark above.

 
 

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