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)!

 

Pair Qianlong Quatrefoil Bowls, Covers and Stands, with applied floral decoration, c1750 Pair George II Silver Hanoverian Rattail Tablespoons, London, 1736, heavy gauge, with duck bill bowls, engraved H over J.A

 

...AND FOR 'TRUE LOVES'... HAGEN DAZS ... para dos(es)!...

That's what little girls are made of! "

 

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

 

  The Bowls :

 

 PAIR QIANLONG QUATREFOIL BOWLS, COVERS & STANDS

With Applied Floral Decoration, c1750

Although teabowls and saucers are seen, covered bowls with their original stands are quite rare. 

The scrolling foliage and flowerheads are bits of ceramic that are applied before firing

SOLD.

 

The Spoons :

 

 Pair of George II  Silver Hanoverian Rattail Tablespoons

London, 1736, Lacking Maker’s Mark

Of heavy gauge silver, each with a well shaped narrow duck-bill bowl and rattail attachment,

 monogrammed in contemporary script, "H over J.A”

 

The Ice Cream :

 

Hagen Dazs White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle

Just diet later!

 

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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What are little girls made of, made of? Sweet stuff for their noses, Hagen Dazs para dos-es...