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!...

 

George II Engraved Airtwist Ale with knopped stem, England, c1750 Early George III Double Series Opaque Twist Wine, engraved The Young Rocks of Howth, England or Ireland, c1765 Pair of 18th Century Flute Cut Mallet Form Engraved Decanters, Silesian with full armorial, c1770

 

...The "grape" and the hops...

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

 

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

 

Left : 

 

GEORGE II ENGRAVED AIRTWIST ALE GLASS

England, c 1750

The airtwist stem with a wide annular knop, the bowl engraved with barley and tendrils

Exhibited : The Loan Exhibition of English Drinking Glasses, Guilford House, London,  October, 1980

 

Middle :

 

EARLY GEORGE III DOUBLE SERIES OPAQUE TWIST WINE

Irish Interest, inscribed THE YOUNG ROCKS OF HOWTH

England, c1765

Howth Peninsula forms the northern tip of Dublin Bay. Its rocks date back 550 million years,

to the Cambrian period, making them the oldest rocks in Ireland,

with evidence of human habitation to 3500 BC. 

The inference of “The Young Rocks of Howth” is unknown,

but may humorously allude to the rocks’ rather advanced age.

 

Right :

 

PAIR OF FLUTE CUT MALLET FORM ENGRAVED DECANTERS

Silesian, c1770

The rim, neck and shoulders with gilt decoration,

the bodies emblazoned with a coat of arms within a florid leafy mantle sided by the initials F v. M

The excellence of Bohemia and Silesian work was unsurpassed; some of its portraiture

was superb and closely akin to the earlier Nuremberg work. 

 Its execution was o doubt facilitated by the hard metal of the soda-lime glasses used.

 


 

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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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What are little boys made of, made of? ...The"grape" and the hops....