Susan’s Book of Fun & Games
A documentation of my collections of toys, games, and samplers made during the time of the Coronavirus lockdown. Photos and descriptions by Susan Hanes, 2020.
Susan’s Book of Fun & Games
Selections from my Collections of Children’s Toys, Games, Dolls and Samplers from the 19th—20th Centuries
Compiled by Susan Hanes while Sheltering at Home
During the Covid-19 Pandemic 2020
While sheltering in place during the Coronavirus pandemic, which began to impact the United States in March 2020, I looked for ways to make the weeks we were confined to home feel productive. I decided to dig into my collections of games, toys, and samplers and to record some of my favorite things, many of which I had found on our travels over the past 20 years. I have always been drawn to the Victorian Era, and particularly to the pastimes that might have delighted the children of that time. It was comforting to look back at the familiarity of the past while our present lives feel so alien and the future is still hard to imagine.
The Farmer and His Farm. London?: c.1850.
Wooden box with pictorial sliding lid, (19 cm. x 17 cm. x 4 cm.)
Puzzle, 39 pieces, finished size (15 cm. x 20 cm.) depicting the various aspects of farm life from ploughing to the harvest supper.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle, Camden Passage, London 2004
The Counties of England: a New Round Game. London: Jaques and Son, c.1880.
Wooden box with dividers and decorated sliding lid (10.5 cm. x 22 cm. x 4 cm.) This set contains three different series. Series One (Northern Counties) consists of 61 cards, containing 13 County cards and 48 Picture cards. Series Two (Midland Counties) consists of 14 County cards and 48 Picture cards. Series Three (Eastern Counties) consists of 15 County cards and 47 Picture Cards.
Purchased at Donay, Camden Passage, London 2004
The Laughable Game of What D'Ye Buy? by Professor Punch. London: J. Passmore, c.1850.
Wooden box with decorated sliding lid (12.5 cm. x 15 cm. x 3.5 cm.) Set includes 12 hand-colored engraved cards (6 cm. x 5 cm.) illustrating an occupation or profession: music seller, butcher, doctor, fishmonger, greengrocer, ironmonger, milliner, pastry cook, poulterer, publican, tailor, toyman; 72 letterpress cards, (4 cm. x 5 cm.) and an instruction book entitled "Explanation to The Laughable game of WHAT D’YE BUY? for large and small parties, by PROFESSOR PUNCH.” 11 p., (13.5 cm. x 10.5 cm.) bound in green wraps.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle, Camden Passage, London 2004
Game of Schimmell, or Bell and Hammer. London: c.1870.
Wooden box with dividers and lithographed sliding lid (11 cm. x 16.5 cm. x 6 cm.) The set contains six cards including an instruction card (9 cm. x 13 cm.) depicting a bell, a hammer, a bell and hammer, an inn, and a white horse; a wooden throwing cup (8.5 cm. tall); eight 6-sided bone dice, a detailed wooden hammer, and about 70 counters.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle at the PBA Book Fair at the Great Russell Hotel, London 2002
The Picture Alphabet. London: 1840-1850.
Original cylindrical turned wood box (12.5 cm. x 7 cm.) with remains of hand-colored pictorial paper label to lid, containing all 33 individual wooden discs, comprising 24 with upper case letters with an appropriate hand-colored wooden engraved illustration on verso; 7 discs with lower case letters with numbers on verso; 2 discs of numbers with alphabet and 2-letter words on verso; one disc in hand-colored facsimile. Complete and very scarce: even the Bodleian Library has replacement discs.
Purchased from Henry Sotheran Ltd., London 2007
Alphabetical Toy Panorama Scroll New York?: c.1860.
Wooden barrel with crank (8 cm. x 4 cm.) Upper case alphabet with appropriate phrase and picture printed on coated canvas (5 cm. x 125 cm.)
Purchased from UpcycledUpstyled, Lawrence, Kansas 2014
Historical Amusement. A New Entertaining Game on the History of England.
London: N. Carpenter, c.1840.
Original varnished wooden box with sliding lid, pictorially printed and hand-colored (12 cm. x 9 cm. x 5.5 cm.) containing 36 (5.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.) cards showing engraved and hand-colored images of the kings and queens of England from William I to Victoria, set above brief details of their reigns, together with a complete set of 100 printed answer cards (1.5 cm. x 6.5 cm.) and a 47 pp. booklet of questions (8 cm. x 5 cm.) bound in the original pink paper wrappers, which includes the full rules of the game. Only missing the counters.
Purchased from Henry Sotheran Ltd., London 2004
The Good Child’s Block Alphabet ABC with Nursery Rhymes. London: c.1840.
Original varnished wooden box with sliding lid, pictorially printed (15 cm. x 26 cm. x 4 cm.), containing 24 wooden blocks. Each block (5.5 cm. x 4 cm. x 2 cm.) has a varnished paper label with a picture representing a letter of the alphabet and a rhyming line; the verso is printed with the associated block letter.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle at the PBA Book Fair at the Great Russell Hotel, London 2002
ABC c.1850.
Small wooden box with sliding lid bearing inlaid carved ABC label, (5 cm. x 7 cm. x 3 cm.) Containing 26 small ivory blocks (1.5 cm. x 1 cm x .5 cm) handcarved with a letter of the alphabet.
Purchased at the Heritage Book Shop, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles during the FABS tour 2002
Picture Loto: an Amusing & Instructive Game for Young Children.
London: J. Jaques & Son Ltd., c.1890.
Original varnished divided wooden box with pictorially printed sliding lid, (13 cm. x 25 cm. x 6 cm.), containing 12 lithographed cards (each 11 cm. x 23.5 cm.) with 15 illustrated squares and ca. 200 blue calling cards in French/English.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle at Camden Passage, London 2004
Squails
London: John Jaques, c.1860.
Wooden box with sliding lid bearing green title label, (12 cm. x 22.5 cm. x 2.5 cm.), containing 16 wooden black and blonde squails (discs), 1 swoggle (triangular ruler), 1 procese (lead medal) stamped with a double headed eagle and 419, and a photocopy of the original rules. The game is played on a round table and the objective is to hit discs with the heel of the hand from the edge of the table at the small lead target in the center.
Purchased at Donay, Camden Passage, London 2004
Chiromagica
New York: McLoughlin, 1870.
Trivia game housed in a wooden box (30 cm. x 30 cm. x 4.5 cm.) with a pictorial printed cover. Inside the box is a hand spinner resting beneath a pane of glass above which the directions are mounted. Three answer inserts hug the outer portion of the box. Three double-sided circular question cards (11 cm. in diameter) each correspond to one of the answer inserts. After a question is asked, the question card is placed upon the directions and aligned so that the question is in the top position. The hand spinner is then magnetically moved to reveal the correct answer.
Purchased online from George Glazer Gallery, New York 2004
Die Acrobaten/The Acrobats
New York: Charles M. Crandall, c.1870.
Wooden box with sliding lid (14 cm. x 25 cm. x 6 cm.)
Yellow label affixed to lid reads in German and English: “The Acrobats; Foll (sic.) of Fun and Frolic, and Most Brilliant Costume; Will exhibit at the house of the purchaser Afternoon and Evening; NO POSTPONEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF WEATHER”. Contents include one grooved wooden base (3 cm. x 23 cm. x 1.5 cm.), three grooved posts, and parts for four acrobats (4 heads, 4 torsos, 16 arms/legs, 1 block and 1 flag. With printed sheet of poses.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle at Camden Passage, London 2004
Halma London: c.1890.
Wooden box and lid with graphic pasted label (12 cm. x 15 cm. x 4 cm.). Interior unevenly divided into four sections, holding 19 blonde and black wooden pieces and 13 green and red wooden pieces. Separate board (38 cm. square) folds in half with ‘Halma’ in decorative script on back. The objective of the game is to hop over the opponent’s pieces in an effort to get to the opposite side first. Similar to Chinese Checkers but with more depth and added complexity as there are 8 directions of movement instead of 6.
Purchased at Donay, Camden Passage, London 2004
The New Game Tiddledy Winks New York: McLoughlin Bros., c.1890.
Wooden dovetailed box (7 cm. x 11.5 cm. x 5 cm.) with sliding lid with hole for opening and brown label: “THE NEW GAME. TIDDLED.Y WINKS.” Contains one wink pot, 24 small counters (Winks), four larger wooden Tiddledies in four colors (red, blue, blonde, and black), and a folded instruction sheet.
Purchased online on Ruby Lane 2007
Parlor Spelling Game
New York?: c.1860.
Varnished wooden box with sliding lid, decoratively printed with title (13.5 cm. x 20.5 cm. x 4 cm.), containing square pieces with individual upperand lower-case single and double letters of varying sizes. Presumably to be used in a Scrabble-type game.
Purchased at the Winnetka, Illinois Antiques Fair 2008
ABC Puzzle London: c.1870.
Wooden box with sliding lid (16 cm. x 20 cm. x 3 cm.)
Colored paper label affixed to lid duplicating the graphics on the set of 24 alphabet blocks inside. Each block (3 cm. x 3.5 cm. x 1 cm.) bears a paper label depicting the upper- and lower- case of a letter and appropriate image and identifying word, on a blue background. On the verso of the blocks, a chromolithograph image appears, which when arranged, depicts a woman and child listening to a lute player, with a seascape in the background.
Purchased at Donay, Camden Passage, London 2004
Mosaic Cube Amusement
Germany: A. N. M. & Co., c.1890.
Wooden box with sliding lid (19 cm. x 19 cm. x 4 cm.)
Decorative paper label affixed to lid. Set contains 33 blocks (2 cm. cubes), with sides brightly colored red, dark blue, light blue, green, yellow, and purple; 32 diagonal half-cubes of corresponding colors; four design sheets, 14 cm. square. Complete set but colors flaking off.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle at Camden Passage, London 2004
The Interrogatory Historical Game of England London: John Betts, c.1850.
Fifth Thousand. Wooden box with sliding lid (14 cm. x 18.5 cm. x 4 cm.) Decorative paper label affixed to lid now faded. Game includes rules booklet (12mo, 36pp plus large folding frontis, buff card wrappers); 144 numbered letterpress question cards (one replaced with handwritten note) ; and 44 white and 10 red circular bone counters.
The frontis to the rules booklet is a large lithographic “British Chronology, or Stream of Time; from A.D. 400 to the Present Time.” This striking and clever chronological chart employs interlocking streams as an extended metaphor for the flow of time and the interactions of kingdoms and peoples. A forking stream, for example, represents a kingdom split by revolution or partition, while a stream terminated by the intersection of another stream represents a kingdom eliminated by conquest.
Purchased from Judith Lassalle at Camden Passage, London 2004
Meteor
New York: F. Ad. Richter & Co., c.1895.
Wooden box with sliding lid (27 cm. x 35.5 cm. x 6 cm.)
Lithographed label affixed to lid with an image of an eagle made with marbles, flanked by two children and "METEOR/ F.AD. RICHTER & CIE/ Rudolstadt*
Wien*New York/ Made in Germany". Label depicting the “Factory of the world-renowned Anchor Blocks &c” pasted on back of lid, in English and German; contents listed also in Danish, Dutch and French.
"Meteor" game with 1200 painted ceramic marbles of purple, yellow, red, white, blue and green; 2 wooden playing boards (24 cm. x 33.5 cm. and 26 cm. x 24 cm.) with cardboard inserts; five instruction booklets in German with detached blue wrappers and colored example pages; and a tiny metal tongs.
Purchased online from Ruby Lane 2008
Round the World with Nellie Bly. A Novel and Fascinating Game with Plenty of Excitement on Land and Sea.
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1890.
Folding chromolithographed board (41 cm. x 40 cm.) with four spinning “indicator” arrows mounted on colorprinted cardboard, four original wooden game pieces, and instruction booklet. Housed in publisher’s chromolithographed cardboard box (42 cm. x 22 cm. x 3 cm.) Encased in conservation box with facsimile cover.
Vibrant chromolithographed board game, celebrating American journalist Nellie Bly’s 1889-1890 journey around the world. Inspired by Phileas Fogg, the hero of Jules Verne’s 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days, Bly traveled alone from Hoboken to London, made her way across Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and raced back to New York via train to complete her circumnavigation in 72 days, a world record. The corners of the board feature four vignettes: Nellie Bly, Jules Verne, a steamship, and a train.
Purchased from Honey & Wax Booksellers, Brooklyn, New York 2017
The Railway Traveller London: c.1872.
Folding canvas-backed chromolithographed board (44.5 cm. x 61 cm.) 23 green tickets, 6 orange return tickets, 18 numbered railroad cards; instruction sheet. Housed in publisher’s chromolithographed cardboard box (24 cm. x 20.5 cm. x 2.5 cm.) Encased in conservation box with facsimile cover.
Gift from Em, purchased from Becca Gauldie Antiques, Dundee, Scotland at a London Antiques Fair 2009
Peter Rabbit’s Race Game
London: Frederick Warne & Co., c.1917.
Folding chromolithographed game board (50 cm. x 75 cm.)
Four game pieces (Jemima Puddleduck, Jeremy Fisher, Squirrel Nutkin, and Peter Rabbit) consisting of paper figures inserted in slotted wooden blocks (5 cm. high); cardboard shaker (8 cm. high); single die; and rules of the game. Housed in publisher’s plum cardboard box (9 cm. x 12 cm. x 4 cm.) with paste on label: “A game full of fun and adventure/ INTENSELY AMUSING/PETER RABBIT’S RACE GAME/ Introducing/ BEATRIX POTTER’S/ world-famed/characters —/PETER RABBIT/SQUIRREL NUTKIN/JEREMY FISHER/ AND/JEMIMA/PUDDLE-DUCK. London—Frederick Warne & CO. LTD.—New York/Copyright— All rights reserved.
Purchased from Alvin Ross Antiques, London 2005
Wooden Checkerboard
American
Late 19th c.
31 cm. x 38 cm. x 2.5 cm.
Hand-carved in handmade frame
Original black paint
Purchased at Sandwich Antiques Market 2007
Wooden Checkers
German
Late 19th c.
15 black and 15 blonde varnished pieces with star design, 3 cm. diameter, in pasteboard box (7 cm. x 16 cm. x 3 cm.) with chromolithographed label affixed to lid. “Made in Germany” stamped on bottom of box.
Purchased at Chelsea Antiques Market 2005
Dominos Spanish c. 1870.
28 ivory and ebony dominos, constructed with rounded brass nails, in mahogany dovetailed box with sliding lid (6 cm. x 27 cm. x 6 cm.)
Purchased at Agora Antiguedades, Salamanca, Spain 2003
Anagrams and Letters
Salem, Massachusetts: Parker Brothers, c.1915.
26 cm. x 21 cm. Early version of the game that first appeared in 1899. Pasteboard box with chronolithographed label of a child holding giant letters contains c. 230 cardboard letter squares and instruction booklet.
Purchased Abebooks 2008
Game of Authors Leicester, Massachusetts: Russell Manufacturing Company, c.1900.
17 cm. x 13 cm. Pasteboard box with chromolithographed label on the lid, depicting two children enjoying books with their grandfather. Rules printed inside the lid of the box. The Authors deck contains 32 cards: 8 books of famous writers with four cards each of their greatest literary works. The object is to collect complete books by calling for cards from other players.
Purchased Abebooks 2007
Authors included are Holmes, Tarkington, Conrad, Dickens, Barrie, Kipling, Stevenson, and Longfellow.
The Game of Match Making New York: McLoughlin Bros., c.1891.
12.5 cm. x 16.5 cm. x 2.5 cm. 46 cards and an instruction booklet (4 pp.) in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover has a lithographed label depicting a wedding scene and inscribed, “THE/ GAME/ OF/Match Making/Marrying for Money/ McLoughlin Bros./New York/COPYRIGHTED 1891”. Brightly colored playing cards represent brides, grooms and their wedding parties, ministers, trips, feasts, and a matchmaker.
Purchased at Sandwich Antiques Market, Illinois 2007
How Silas Popped the Question New York: Parker Brothers, c.1915.
13 cm. x 16.5 cm. x 2.5 cm.
35 playing cards and an instruction booklet (8 pp.) in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a man and a woman seated on a couch; box cover inscribed, "How/ Silas Popped/ the Question/ A GAME"; playing cards printed with comical questions and answers such as "How many false curls have you got?" and "I just dote on pork and beans."
Purchased at Sandwich Antiques Market, Illinois 2007
Happy Families
London: John Jaques & Son, Ltd., c.1890.
9.5 cm. x 7 cm. x 2 cm. Set of 44 lithographed cards with green backs of 11 families. Housed in blue paper covered slipcase with depiction of Master Pots the Painter’s Son on the front above “A New and Most/ Diverting Game for Juveniles./forthfour Grotesque Characters/Beautifully Coloured/JOHN JAQUES SON, Ltd./ 102, Hatton Garden, LONDON”. A list of other Jaques’ Games appears on the back. “Price One Shilling” on bottom of inside case. John Tenniel was commissioned to create the set of drawings for the game.
Purchased at Covent Garden Antiques Fair, London 2005
Alice in Wonderland
London: H. P. Gibson & Sons, Ltd., 1893.
9.5 cm. x 7 cm. x 2.5 cm. Set of 48 lithographed cards with red flowered backs containing 16 sets of three cards each and 2 instruction cards in a pink paper covered slipcase with a card depicting Alice and the Cheshire Cat affixed to the front. On the back:
“THE NEW/AND DIVERTING GAME OF/”ALICE IN WONDERLAND”/ consisting of/FORTY-EIGHT PICTORIAL CARDS,/Adapted, drawn in Fac-simile,/AND/Elaborately rendered in Colours,/FROM/Sir JOHN TENNIEL’S ORIGINAL DESIGNS,/BY/ Miss E. GERTRUDE THOMSON./ THOMAS DE LA RUE & CO Ltd, London”
Purchased at Covent Garden Antiques Fair, London 2005
AHA Wind-up Truck
German: Lehmann, c. 1915.
14 cm. Red and yellow brightly lithographed delivery van with hinged doors at the rear, delivery rack roof, and a driver seated at the front open cab with a steering wheel. When coil spring is wound, the car moves forward, or to left or right. Model 550.
Purchased Town & Country Antiques, Marshall, Michigan 2007
Naughty Boy Wind-up Car
German: Lehmann, c. 1910.
13 cm. Yellow lithographed vis-à-vis yellow motor car with blue trim and yellow-rimmed red spoke wheels.
Hand painted figures. When wound with attached key, the car moves forward erratically as the boy plays with the steering tiller while the father attempts to steer the car. “D. R. PATENTE/ENGL. PATENTS/D.R
[logo] G.M./BTS S G D G FRANCE/ PAT U S A MAY 12 1903. Model EPL 495.
Purchased Town & Country Antiques, Marshall, Michigan 2007
“Motor
Car” Wind-up 4-Wheel Coach
German: Lehmann, c. 1915.
13 cm. One of the first automobiles made by Lehmann. Red lithographed coach with yellow wheels. A seated driver operates the car by a tiller with a coach area for passengers. Windup mechanism adorned with lanterns on each side. Model EPL 420.
Purchased at Days of Yore Antiques, St. Joseph, Michigan 2010
Na-Ob Wind-up Donkey Cart
German: Lehmann, c. 1916.
15 cm. Red lithographed donkey cart with yellow-rimmed blue wheels decorated with Lehmann logo and figures. Hand-painted driver and donkey. When wound up, the donkey raises and lowers and the cart spins and gyrates.
Purchased at Days of Yore Antiques, St. Joseph, Michigan 2010
Cloth Doll
American, Late 19th c.
43 cm.
Calico dress and undergarments
Stitched features
Leather hands and feet
Soft stuffing
Purchased from Tom Pontius Antiques, Spotsylvania, Virginia 2005
Stitched features
Purchased at the Winnetka, Illinois Antiques Fair 2006
Cloth Doll American, Late 19th c. 38 cm. Calico dress and muslin bonnet Soft stuffing
Cloth Doll
American, Late 19th c.
31 cm.
Calico clothes, bonnet and apron
Stitched features
Soft stuffing
Purchased from Tom Pontius Antiques, Spotsylvania, Virginia 2005
Cloth Doll
American, Late 19th c.
51 cm.
Calico dress and undergarments
Muslin turban, linen shawl
Painted features
Stuffed with straw
Purchased from Tom Pontius Antiques, Spotsylvania, Virginia 2006
Artist’s Doll, American “Victoria” Judie Tasch, 1988.
56 cm. Head and shoulders of stockinette cloth which has been hand molded and hand painted. Body, arms, and legs of unbleached muslin with hand-stitched details. Dress of cotton homespun. Signed and dated on left shoulder.
Purchased from artist’s Austin, Texas studio 1988
Artist’s Doll, American
“Miss Baby”
Sue Johnson, 1992.
44 cm. #27/300 limited edition.
Head, arms, and lower legs molded in resin which have been hand-painted. Body of stuffed muslin that has been stitched at joints. Clothes of muslin and striped calico. Signed, numbered, and dated on back of shoes.
Purchased at gift shop, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1992
Lay Model English, c. 1890.
99 cm.
Hand carved and painted
Purchased from David Levi Antiques, London 2005
Artist’sNorthern European, c. 1780.
Hand carved and painted
Purchased from Robert Young Antiques, London 2006
Early Wooden Doll 28 cm.
Perfection Art Doll Philadelphia: Schoenhut, 1911.
36 cm. Wood spring-jointed wooden baby doll with solid wood head and intricately carved face, hands and feet. Assembled with small metal nails; two holes in soles of the feet. Tracing of original pink paint.
Purchased at O’Hare Antiques Fair, Rosemont, Illinois 2002
Tin Drum
American, c.1890.
(20 cm. diameter x 14 cm.) Red tin and wood snare drum with bent wood head rims painted black with pinstripes; sliding leather tensioners; top drumhead is calfskin; bottom is paper. Wooden drumsticks 17 cm.
Purchased at Sandwich Antiques Market, Illinois 2002
Nesting Blocks
New York: McLoughlin c. 1890.
14 cm. 6 nested hollow wooden blocks covered with chromolithographed pictures and letters on five sides.
Purchased from Jim Yeager Antiques, Lee’s Summit, Missouri 2006
Catch the Ball Clown
English
Late 19th c.
21 cm. Turned wood, hand-painted, with ball and string.
Purchased from Leatherwood Antiques, Sandwich, Massachusetts 2008
Parcheesi Game Board
American c.1870.
(48 cm. x 48 cm.) Original red, green, and black paint
Checker board on verso
Purchased from Odd Fellows Antiques, Mount Vernon, Maine 2004
Wooden Games Wheel
English c.1830.
28 cm. diameter
Original black and yellow paint, Iron hand
Purchased from Leatherwood Antiques, Sandwich, Massachusetts 2008
Rocking Horse German, c.1870.
Hand carved rocking horse with original paint (89 cm. x 63 cm.); horsehair tail and brass button on bit.
Purchased at the Stuttgart Antiques Market 1985
Teddy Bear
German: Schucco?, c.1915.
Jointed large size teddy ( 54 cm.) retaining original collar. One old repair to left pad. Mohair with excelsior stuffing.
Purchased from Racoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania 2005
Artist’s Bear American, c. 1986.
47 cm. Mohair fur with excelsior stuffing, dressed in my grandfather’s baby clothes (John McDowall, 1890-1975).
Purchased at Virginia Beach Crafts Show 1986
Artist’s Bear
American: Shoestring, c.1987.
By Joey Morrison Smith45 cm. Mohair with a hump back and growler; pellet filled; head swivels; wool felt pads; glass eyes.
I LIKE IKE button, key, and flag.
Purchased at Virginia Beach Crafts Show 1987
Miniature Bear German, Late 19th c.
17 cm. Jointed, stuffed with excelsior
Purchased at Stuttgart Antiques Fair, 1985.
Artist’s Bear
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Heidi Steiner, c.1988.
37 cm. Mohair with wool felt pads; glass eyes.
Purchased at Virginia Beach Crafts Show, 1988
Purchased in Giengen, Germany 1985
Teddy Bear German: Steiff, c.1985. 31 cm. Mohair with excelsior stuffing. Gold button in ear.
Teddy Bear German: Steiff, 2004.
57 cm. Replica 1904 Elephant tag in ear; red tag on chest PA 4588. Mohair with excelsior stuffing
Purchased from F.A.O., Inc. 2004
Teddy Bear German: Steiff, 2005.
50 cm. “Teddy Boy” 1905 Replica; Elephant tag in ear; Mohair with excelsior stuffing
Purchased from F.A.O., Inc. 2005
Teddy Bear German: Steiff, c.1998.
43 cm. Mohair with excelsior stuffing; gold tag in ear.
Purchased Giengen, Germany 1998
Purchased Alexandria, Virginia 2002
Teddy Bear German: Steiff, c.2000. 39 cm. Mohair with excelsior stuffing; gold tag in ear.
Cracker Jack Bears Postcards Chicago: Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein, 1907.
4 cm. x 7 cm. Set of 16 cards that were sent as a promotion for Cracker Jack Confection. Purchased one by one at various times and places 2002-2004
Peter Rabbit Centennial Edition Cambridge, NY: R. John Wright Dolls, 2002.
12" tall, mohair, fully jointed. Wearing fully-lined coat (Centennial button on lapel), and leather shoes.
Accessories include: wooden trog w/felt flowers; wood and metal spade; and potted felt geranium plant.
Limited production available only during the Peter Rabbit Centennial, 2002. #0202 with fitted box.
Peter Rabbit Boutonniere, 2002
2", mohair and felt with leather slippers, brass clasp on reverse.
Purchased from John Wright, New York 2002
The Mouse Tailor Cambridge, NY: R. John Wright Dolls, 2002.
3" tall, mohair, jointed neck and arms. Seated on a wooden spool of silk thread. Accessories include handmade spectacles and printed newspaper. With glass dome.
Exclusive licensed Beatrix Potter™ edition available only to Collector Club Members. This is the very first RJW mouse. #245/585 pieces produced.
Purchased from John Wright, New York 2002
Beatrix Potter Figurines
Beswick, England: F. Warne & Co., 1946-1988
Miniature Sampler English c1800.
Unsigned
10 cm. x 9 cm. Hemmed linen. Upper and lower case alphabets with simple borders; “Be virtuous while th-/ou art youg so shall/thine age be honour’d”
Purchased from M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia 2004
Toy Horse on Wheels German c.1860.
(34 cm. x 28 cm.) Primitive horse on wooden platform with wooden wheels attached with new screws. Leather stirrups. Original orange paint with black spots, mane, and bridle. Horsehair tail missing.
Purchased at the Stuttgart Antiques Market 1985
Sampler
English, c.1850.
Eliza Ann Staples
Age 12
32 cm. x 34 cm. Angels, birds, animals, baskets and a floral border encircle “THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER/Teach me to feel another’s woe/To hide the fault I see/That mercy I to others show/ That mercy show to me/This day be bread and peace my lot/All else beneath the sun/Thou know’st if best bestow’d or not/ And let they will be done/Eliza Ann/Staples/Aged 12 Yrs”
Purchased at an antiques shop in Windsor, England with Vicky Palau 2004
Sampler English, 1831.
Elizabeth Carwardine
Age 8
43 cm. x 31 cm. Angels, baskets of flowers, birds, complex border witj threestory house below “I envy no ones birth or fame/Their title train or dress/Nor has my pride ere snatched its aim/Beyond what I posess/I ask nor wish nor to appear/More beauteous rich or gay/Lord make me wiser every year/And better every day/…./Oh may I stand before the Lamb/When earth and seas are fled/And hear the Judge pronounce my name/ With blessings on my head/elizabeth Carwardine’s work September 1831/ Aged 8 years
Purchased from Mark Seabrook Antiques, Kimbolton, England 2009
Sampler English, 1804.
Mary Ann KIng
42 cm. x 32 cm. Alphabet and numbers 1-13 and crowns; Mary Ann King 1804; red brick 3-story building and church with trees and a fence—and a dog; flowers in red pots, above which: “Fear God and he will Be/A Tender Father unto thee/VIRTUE/Virtures the chiefest Beauty of the mind/The noblest Ornament of Human kind./Virtues our safegard and our guiding star/ That stirs up Reason when our senses err.”
Purchased from Christine Bridge Antiques, London 2002
Sampler English, 1790.
Ann Holding Age 12
37 cm. x 32 cm. Wide floral border with pots of flowers; upper center: “1 Two things have I required of thee,/deny me them not before I die/2 Remove far from me vanity and/Then give me neither poverty nor riches,/feed me with food convenient for me./3 Lest I be full, and deny the and /say, Who is the Lord or lest I/be poor and steal, and take the name of/my God in vain./4 The eye that mocketh at his father,/and despeseth to obey his mother,/the ravens of the valleyshall pick it/out and the young eagles shalll eat it.”
Purchased from John Howard, Woodstock, England 2004
Sampler German, Late 19th c. Unsigned.
38 cm. x 36 cm. Embroidery in two directions; alphabets and names in various styles in red dyed cotton on fine cotton.
Purchased at the Putbus Antiques Fair with Dagmar and Klaus Stark, Putbus, Germany 2019
Sampler Scottish, 1822.
Sofiah Woodall
Age 13
32 cm. x 32 cm. Fine yarn on linen with floral borders and alphabets and numbers; “Bless the Lord O my soul and all that/ is within me bless his holy name……/O fear the Lord ye his saints for/there is no want to them that fear/him sofiah Woodall her Work Ages/13 years 1822”
Purchased at the Scott Antiques Market, Alabama with Jane Monroe 1991
Sampler American, 1841. Maria E. Judson Age 11
20 cm. x 27 cm. Rows of alphabets and simple borders; “Maria E Judson Age 11. July 8, 1841/MEJ. New Hartford/Connecticut.” hearts, trees, odd letters, numbers, symbols and spaces at bottom.
Purchased from Poor Richard’s Antiques, Pensacola, Florida 1991
Sampler English, 1852.
23 cm. x 17 cm. Rows of alphabets and numbers, some with double letters or figures, rows of various borders, lower borders with hearts. “Rosa Caroline Womack May 1852”
Purchased at an antiques show in Oak Park, Illinois 1996
Rosa Caroline Womack
Band Sampler
English, c.1760.
Unsigned; unfinished
17 cm. x 76 cm. Rows of intricate pulled work followed by bands of decorative emboidery on linen. Three-quarters completed.
Purchased at Lunn Antiques at Portobello Road, London with George 2007
Band Sampler
English, 1714 Reproduction
Anne Depaw
Worked by Susan Hanes 1989
42 cm. x 20 cm. An exquisite English band sampler on fine linen with silk. The verse is:
“Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain/but a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised/Give her the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates/Delight thou in the Lord and He shall give thee thy hearts desire*Susan/Hanes 123456790 1989 Virginia Beach, VA”
Stitches: Eyelet, counted satin, herringbone, whitework, rice, straight, cross.
Best of Show at West Florida Needlework Exhibition 1989
Sampler
English, 1798 Reproduction
Sarah Stuart
Worked by Susan Hanes 1992
53 cm. x 47 cm. A row of honeysuckle border, followed by alphabet and numeral tests and a verse. “Exonerate your Mind from Earthly Cares/Spend each Lords day in Spiritual Affaires/Such wretched Souls who squander that away/Repent it sorely at their dying Day.” Flying angels support a crown, flanked by potted flowers and birds. The most appealing feature of this sampler is perhaps the large red brick building at the bottom, atop its fine tiered lawn, surrounded by free-form trees, a deer and birds.
Counted cross stitch completed 1992
19th Century Children’s Books and Pastimes
