FORGET ME NOT

Forget thee? Bid the sun

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 748 143 437
 

same bookmark, with different
coloured background, and
attached to stiff
backing paper of the 1870 - 73 period
 
Bookmark with words and motif of blue flowers with scroll  
 
same bookmark, attached to stiff
backing paper from the World's
Columbian Exposition, 1893
 
 
Bookmark with words and motif of blue flowers with scroll  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bookmark with words and motif of blue flowers with scroll  
 
Words:
 
 
 
 
 
FORGET
ME NOT

FORGET THEE? - BID THE SUN FORGET
TO RISE WITH GOLDEN RAY,

FORGET THEE? -
BID THE SILVER MOON
SHINE NOT AT CLOSE OF DAY,

WHEN IN THE CLEAR BLUE
VAULT OF HEAV'N
THESE GLORIOUS ORBS ARE NOT,

THEN, BUT I PROMISE
NOT TILL THEN,

BY ME THOU'LT       BE FORGOT.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of a blue forget-me-not flowers
with scroll on which words:

REMEMBER ME

 
 
Size of Silk:
23.5cm long by 5.0cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:

This bookmark also includes a woven Registration Mark for the date 21 July 1873

Stevens logo on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens logo and diamond registration mark on the
reverse pointed end of this bookmark
 
 
 
 
DAY:
21
   
BUNDLE:
4
 
YEAR:
F
{1873}
 
 
MONTH:
I
{July}
 
 
 
 
   

 



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This page was created on 5 May 2003
New image added 13 January 2007. Image of Registration Diamond added 22 June 2017. Image with World Columbian Exposition backing paper added 11 September 2019, and image with 1870-73 period backing paper added 17 October 2023

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