New Year

same bookmark, woven with
different coloured words
 

 
NEW YEAR
 
 
 
 

image of robin sat
on a branch holding a ribbon
on which are words:
 
A HAPPY
NEW YEAR
TO YOU

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A BLITHE AND JOYOUS WELCOME
TO THE BERRIES AND THE LEAVES,
THAT HANG ABOUT OUR HOUSEHOLD
WALLS IN DARK AND RUSTLING SHEAVES:
UP WITH THE HOLLY AND THE BAY,
SET LAUREL ON THE BOARD,
AND LET THE MISTLETOE LOOK DOWN
WHILE PLEDGING DRAUGHTS ARE POUR'D.
 
 
BUT THERE MUST BE SOME HALLOW'D
BLOOM TO GARLAND WITH THE REST,
ALL, ALL MUST BRING TOWARD THE WREATH
SOME FLOWERS IN THE BREAST;
FOR THOUGH GREEN BOUGHS MAY THICKLY
GRACE LOW ROOF OR PALACE DOME:
WARM HEARTS ALONE WILL TRULY SERVE
TO DECK A CHRISTMAS HOME.
                                      ELIZA COOK
 

cm long by cm wide

This bookmark is signed T. STEVENS. COVENTRY on the reverse pointed end, together with an incomplete diamond registration mark, although this design was not registered:

There is an almost identical bookmark {sb456} to the one above; the only difference being that in the image above the ribbon in the robin's beak, continues from the edge of it's wing. In the alternative sb456 version, the ribbon is held in the robin's beak and draped over the branch.

The bookmark above is " NEW YEAR " and as such is a pair with " CHRISTMAS " {recorded as sb155 on this site}.