Description: OFFERING a SET OF 3 ANTIQUE TRADE CARDS FOR "EDMUND GILES, JR., DEALER IN BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBERS Odd Fellows Block, Beverly" (Massachusetts) SEE VIEWS ABOVE THREE CARDS SHOW GROUPS OF NURSERY RHYME CHARACTERS PRINTED IN COLORS OF COPPER, PINK and GREEN ON SILVER I DON'T THINK THIS IS CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY SINCE THERE ARE NO DOTS OR CROSS-HATCHING TOP LEFT: A FROG, A RAT and A MOUSE AT A DINNER TABLE, MAKING A TOAST (Froggy Went a Courtin') (copper on silver) TOP RIGHT: JACK & JILL ON THE HILL WITH A PAIL OF WATER (Jack & Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water) (pink on silver) AND LOWER CENTER: TOM, THE PIPER'S SON, STEALING A PIG (Tom, Tom, the Piper's son, stole a pig and away he run) (green on silver) STATED PRINTED BY "KETTERLINUS, PHILADA." AT THE LOWER RIGHT ON EACH KETTERLINUS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PRINTER IN PHILADELPHIA, USING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE MODERN EQUIPMENT AND PRINTING METHODS FOUNDED IN 1842 BY EUGENE KETTERLINUS, HIS SON JOHN LOUIS KETTERLINUS TOOK OVER HIS FATHER'S PRINTING BUSINESS IN 1876, AND PRINTED ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS FOR THE 1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION ADVERTISING BOX ON THE FRONT IDENTIFIES EDMUND GILES, BOOTS, ETC. IN BEVERLY NO ADVERTISING ON THE BACK GUESS ON AGE 1880's NEAR FINE AS SHOWN ANTIQUE CONDITION FAINT SCUFF MARKS ON THE PINK & GREEN THE GREEN CARD IS MISSING A TINY PIECE FROM THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER ALL OTHER CORNERS ARE SQUARE VERY FAINT REMNANTS ON THE BACK WHERE THEY WERE REMOVED FROM AN ALBUM SIZE EACH about 2 5/8" HIGH x 4" WIDE FINE BRIGHT COLORS AND BRIGHT SILVER REALLY LOVELY VIBRANT COLORS & CONDITION FOR THEIR AGE QUITE SCARCE BID NOW! BUYER PREPAYS PLUS SHIPPING AUCTIONS MUST BE PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS OF AUCTION END BY PAY PAL FOREIGN SHIPPING ARRANGED MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMERS ADD 6.25% SALES TAX WE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!
Price: 45 USD
Location: Hanover, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-12-21T16:19:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Edmund Giles, Jr., Boots Shoes & Rubbers, Beverly, MA.
Type of Advertising: Trade Card
Color: Multi-color
Date of Creation: 1880s
Lithographer: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia PA
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
