A / Birth / Day / Wish

 

the image of this bookmark
kindly donated by
Georg Hartong, The Netherlands

A
BIRTH
DAY
WISH

 

MAY THY LIFE
BE ONE SUMMER
OF JOYOUS DELIGHT,
WHERE FRIENDS
GATHER ROUND THEE
WITH WISHES SO BRIGHT

 

 

 

image of red rose

 

 

BLESSING AND
PRAYING FOR
PEACE ON THY LOT.
IN THAT HAPPY HOUR
LET NOT MINE
BE FORGOT.

 

Signed: "T.STEVENS. COVENTRY." on back at pointed end:

This bookmark also has an incomplete diamond registration mark woven on the reverse, although the design was not registered.