M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
 

"WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF?  MADE OF?

WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF? 

Snips and snails and serpents with tails...

The "grape" and the hops...

And chasing the fox...

God forbid! We forget rocks!...

 

Victorian Staffordshire White-Glazed Fox Head Stirrup Cup, collection M. A. Orme, and with Alistair Sampson, London Staffordshire Lead-Glazed Zoomorphic Sauceboat, Ralph Wood the Younger, England, c1775-80

 

... AND CHASING THE FOX ....

THAT'S WHAT LITTLE BOYS ARE MADE OF..."

 

Right :

 

VICTORIAN STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE-GLAZED FOX HEAD STIRRUP CUP

 

Late 19th / Early 20th Century

 Bearing collector’s label of M.A. Orme, whose collection of Staffordshire pottery sold at Christie’s London, 1957;

 further provenance Alasdair Sampson, London.

The exact origin of the "stirrup cup", or "parting cup", is unknown. 

It seems tied to foxhunting, when men gathering for the hunt on a cool morning, would enjoy a drink as they departed. 

As the cups were held on horseback, there was no need for a foot to the vessel.

SOLD

 

Left :

 

STAFFORDSHIRE LEAD-GLAZED ZOOMORPHIC SAUCEBOAT

              Ralph Wood The Younger, England, c1775-80

The body molded as a fox head with brown running glaze, the open mouth forming the spout,

and a blue-spotted goose, the down-curved neck forming the handle, issuing from a green-glazed floral base

Ref. : Sauceboats from this mold : The Metropolitan Museum NYC, #12.142.15; the V&A, C.35-1930

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And What are little girls made of, 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)!

 


 

"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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