M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
 

 

"WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF, MADE OF?

 What are little girls made of?

Sugar and spice and cake on a slice...

Rich chocolate and roses... 

Sweet stuff for their noses....

And for "True Loves"...Hagen Dazs...para dos(es)!

 

One of a very good pair of George I Silver 3-Tine dessert forks, with arms for an unknown family impaling Moore, W over ?, probably William Scarlet, 1724 George III Silver Pierced Server, Charles Aldridge & Henry Green, London, 1773 Rare Early George III Silver Pierced Server, Thomas Nash, London, 1765, crested verso with a squirrel sejant cracking a nut, and Gadsby, No. 1

 

... SUGAR AND SPICE AND CAKE ON A SLICE ...

That's what little girls are made of! ..."

 

(Please click individual images above or the titles below for full descriptive pages :)

 

Left :

 

 

GEORGE III SILVER PIERCED SERVER

Charles Aldridge & Henry Green, London, 1773

 original turned wood handle with finely engraved collar at ferrule

 

Right :

 

 

 RARE EARLY GEORGE III SILVER PIERCED SERVER WITH SILVER HANDLE

Thomas Nash, London, 1765

 The blade verso crested with a squirrel sejant cracking a nut, and

Gadsby and No 1 (Fairbairns 135.7 – Amcot, Barrow, Gilbert, Lee et al);

 

(The second half of the 18th century saw the introduction of a trowel-form pierced server, used at the time for both

fish and pudding.  The workmanship on the early examples is rather extraordinary - with intricate foliate-cut designs

to the triangular blade, further embellished with bright cutting.  They are now used for serving a great variety of foods -

most particularly pastries.  These triangular forms are the most sought after of the fish serving pieces.)

 

The Fork :

 

PAIR OF GEORGE I HANOVERIAN SILVER 3-TINE DESSERT FORKS

W Over ? (Probably for William Scarlett) London, 1724

the terminal verso engraved with the arms of an unknown family impaling Moore

(also More, Moor, Muir or Mure)

 

 

  Please Inquire, should you wish

 

WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF, MADE OF? 

Snips and snails and serpents with tails...

The "grape" and the hops...

And chasing the fox...

God forbid! We forget rocks!...

 


 

"What are....made of..." was a favorite of Henry W. Longfellow's, who recited it frequently.

These two stanzas (from a bit longer form of the verse) are attributed to Robert Southey (1774-1843),

an English poet and historian who became poet laureate of England in 1813. 

His prose was considered perfect by Lord Byron.

 Although it is not documented, the rhyme is thought to have been composed about 1820. 

It was included in Burton Stevenson's Proverbs, entitled "What all the world is made of...",

and sometimes seen as "What Folks are Made of..."

It is most certainly included in Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes,

which I hope is still in the library of children (and their parents) worldwide.

We also hope Mr. Southey won't mind our additions! 

It simply seems the PERFECT VALENTINE ... for folks of all ages,

and will perhaps engender a memory - or smile - or two! 

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