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1893 Victorian Trade Card - Arbuckle Brothers Coffee Company - POMPEII (#42)
SERIES: Pictorial History of the Sports and Pastimes of All Nations
SCENES: Vase Decorating; Children Capturing Gold-fish; Ladies Swinging
SIZE: 3" x 5"
ARTIST: Not signed, but reportedly Frances Brundage
DATE: 1893
LITHOGRAPHER: Kaufman & Strauss
CONDITION: Good to very good, I'd say. This card is only lightly soiled with slightly worn edges and rounded corners. There's a diagonal crease running from the middle of the left edge to the middle of the top edge. (Please see scans.)
MULTIPLE ITEM SHIPPING DISCOUNT: I will ship up to 4 cards for the single base shipping charge shown. For purchases of more than 4 cards, the shipping charge will increase by just a small increment for every 4 additional cards.
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REVERSE TEXT: POMPEII
THE life led by the luxurious inhabitants of the ancient city of Pompeii was one of ease and languor. They ate, drank, slept and made merry. There were few artificers among them and the pursuits of these wealthy and favored sons and daughters of fortune were elegant and refined. For Pompeii was a retreat whither the wealthy retired as to a shrine, and the hands that fashioned the sculptural designs and beautiful vases that decorated their lovely homes, were unused to ruder labor.
And what lovely homes they were! Here is the interior of what would correspond to the nursery. What a beautiful fountain is fed from the mouth of a dragon guarding the receptacle, over which a far reaching fern projects its leaves. By the side disport two children capturing gold-fish from the translucent pool below. What a pleasant play-ground, fringed by rugs, and cooled by fragrant plashing fountains.
The gardens to these palaces were wonderlands, wherein gaily-plumed birds caroled amid the bewildering maze of odoriferous and magnificent flowers and plants. Here the ladies whiled away the sunny hours, and not the least favored of their pastimes was the swing, hung from the arching boughs of some wide spreading tree.
The Pompeiians were famous sculptors, and their luxurious homes, frescoed and decorated most artistically (as evidenced by recent excavations) give proof of their superior refinement.
They were also famous drivers of chariots, and performed wonderful feats of skill and dexterity with their well-trained horses.
SCENES: Vase Decorating; Children Capturing Gold-fish; Ladies Swinging
SIZE: 3" x 5"
ARTIST: Not signed, but reportedly Frances Brundage
DATE: 1893
LITHOGRAPHER: Kaufman & Strauss
CONDITION: Good to very good, I'd say. This card is only lightly soiled with slightly worn edges and rounded corners. There's a diagonal crease running from the middle of the left edge to the middle of the top edge. (Please see scans.)
MULTIPLE ITEM SHIPPING DISCOUNT: I will ship up to 4 cards for the single base shipping charge shown. For purchases of more than 4 cards, the shipping charge will increase by just a small increment for every 4 additional cards.
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REVERSE TEXT: POMPEII
THE life led by the luxurious inhabitants of the ancient city of Pompeii was one of ease and languor. They ate, drank, slept and made merry. There were few artificers among them and the pursuits of these wealthy and favored sons and daughters of fortune were elegant and refined. For Pompeii was a retreat whither the wealthy retired as to a shrine, and the hands that fashioned the sculptural designs and beautiful vases that decorated their lovely homes, were unused to ruder labor.
And what lovely homes they were! Here is the interior of what would correspond to the nursery. What a beautiful fountain is fed from the mouth of a dragon guarding the receptacle, over which a far reaching fern projects its leaves. By the side disport two children capturing gold-fish from the translucent pool below. What a pleasant play-ground, fringed by rugs, and cooled by fragrant plashing fountains.
The gardens to these palaces were wonderlands, wherein gaily-plumed birds caroled amid the bewildering maze of odoriferous and magnificent flowers and plants. Here the ladies whiled away the sunny hours, and not the least favored of their pastimes was the swing, hung from the arching boughs of some wide spreading tree.
The Pompeiians were famous sculptors, and their luxurious homes, frescoed and decorated most artistically (as evidenced by recent excavations) give proof of their superior refinement.
They were also famous drivers of chariots, and performed wonderful feats of skill and dexterity with their well-trained horses.
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