A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique chinese rank badge 925 (sterling) silver

925 (sterling) silver

minor and not noticeable unless you are looking for them

With carefully  handwritten in capital letters attributions on each that I think makes them extra good--and in this case the combination of bird and lettering could really not be any better

Lorillard Company was founded in 1760 by Pierre Lorillard I

A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique chinese rank badge 925 (sterling) silverI find the art of hand shadowing, or "shadowgraphy," a fantastic thing (and have been watching antique books illustrating it fetch high prices), so I jumped on this scarce Victorian trade card when I came across it. (Of course I also love puns.) And "Atlantic Garden" as "the only temperance amusement resort in town" is interesting too, with pool tables, shooting gallery and a first class lunch counter to boot. Danielsonville CT became Danielson in