FORGET ME NOT

There is a flower . .

Woven by Welch & Lenton

Reference Number:-  
owe 256  

 
same bookmark, with different background colour
 
Bookmark with title words, image of forget-me-not flowers, and words of verse
The image of this silk
bookmark kindly donated by
Georg Hartong, The Netherlands

Words:

 
FORGET
ME NOT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

image of lily of the valley and
Forget-me-not flowers

 
 
 
 
 
 
THERE IS A FLOWER WHICH
OFT UNHEEDED BLOWS,

AMIDST THE SPLENDOUR OF
THE SUMMER'S RAY,

AND THO' THIS SIMPLE
FLOWER NO SWEETS DISCLOSE

YET WOULD IT TELL THEE
ALL
I WISH TO SAY,
FORGET ME NOT.
 
 
 

image of butterfly

 
Recorded by John High in his unpublished list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

21.5cm long by 5.5cm wide

Alternative back-ground colours:
White
Black
 
Comments:
Signed: "WELCH & LENTON. COVENTRY" on the back top turnover.

reverse top turn-over of this bookmark
image of reverse top turn over of this bookmark

This bookmark is identical to Bollans - recorded as obo256

 


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