Many happy returns of the day

Your birthday's come again

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 1296  not listed 552
 

Short saying with image of child riding on daddies back
Words:

 

 

Thomas Stevens printed heading on
stiff backing paper originally used to
send the bookmark through the post,
the design of which would date this
bookmark to the 1872 - 6 period.

 

 

MANY HAPPY
RETURNS
OF THE
DAY
YOUR BIRTHDAY'S
COME AGAIN,

I TRUST YOU'LL
HAPPY BE,

AND MANY SWEET
RETURNS

BE PRIVILEGED
TO SEE.

 

image of little child riding
on daddies back as if
he were a horse.

 

 

 

 

Image of various children's toys

 

Size of Silk:
cm long by cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:
There is also an incomplete woven diamond registration mark on the reverse, although this design was not registered.
 
Stevens logo and incomplete Diamond registration mark on the reverse pointed end of this bookmark
Stevens logo and incomplete diamond registration mark on the
reverse pointed end of this bookmark  


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