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...
God forbid! We forget rocks!...
... 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 SOLD
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And What are little girls made of, made of?
Sugar and spice and cake on a slice...
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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