A birthday gift

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 36  22a 302
 

bookmark with elaborate image of wreath surrounding words
image above kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
 

Words:

 

 

A BIRTHDAY GIFT.

 

 
image of wreath of various flowers
surrounding words:-

HAPPY
MAY THY
BIRTHDAY
BE

 

 

 
ALL HAIL TO THE DAY OF YOUR BIRTH
ON THIS MORN

FOR YOUR HEALTH AND PROSPERITY
ALWAYS I PRAY,

MAY YOUR LIFE BE ALL ROSES, AND
FREE FROM A THORN,

AND MAY YOU HAVE "MANY HAPPY
RETURNS OF THE DAY."

AND THOUGH YEARS ROLL BY WITH
UNVARYING ROUND,

AND OLD AGE CREEP ON, AS WE
TRAVEL OUR WAY,

YET STILL, WITH A LOVE THAT LIFE
ONLY CAN BOUND,

I'LL WISH YOU "A HAPPY RETURN
OF THE DAY."

 

 

motif of four diamond
shapes in a pattern

 


The following images are of the same bookmark, but with different coloured silks used in the words and pattern.

 

same bookmark with different coloured silks
image above kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
same bookmark with different coloured silks
same bookmark with different coloured silks
same bookmark with different coloured silks
Size of Silk:
23.0cm long by 5.5cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end:

Michael Darby recorded the same design of bookmark, but with abnormally large spacing between the centre wreath pattern and words, and again between the words and final diamond motive. This variation is recorded on this site as sb40.

 



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