I really can’t get enough of this bell. Above is the latest; see the whole collection here.
Category Archives: Postcards
Tea Story
There is a story in this postcard; I just know there is.
Gerhard Glück
Postcard by Gerhard Glück, “Wovon Werber träumen” (“What advertisers dream”), with thanks to the Rev. John Backe.
Tea Dogs
Tea in Bed
I am all for lounging with tea, but this woman looks uncomfortable.
Mail Art, Circa 1910
A postcard with an image that incorporates postage stamps, circa 1910. And that might even be a cloud of incense. What a lovely piece of vintage mail art.
The Flower of the Tea
“An illustration of the exterior of a tea-house. The mistress of the house is peeling fruit. On the table at the side are vessels containing coloured sugar-waters. In the sun, among these light-hearted people, watching mountains of pink blossom under a clear blue sky, it seems ridiculous to think of work and worry.”
– Text from Raphael Tuck “Oilette” postcard of the Japan-British Exhibition, held in London in 1910. Illustration by Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855-1938); as Menpes had visited Japan twice, in 1887 and 1902, and decorated his London home in Japanese style, he was a natural choice to paint this image. In the spirit of authenticity, the Japanese gardens at the Exhibition were created with trees, shrubs, wooden buildings, bridges and stones brought from Japan.
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Tea with George Walker
A postcard of George W. Walker (1873-1911), a vaudeville actor and dancer who partnered with Bert Williams and toured the U.S. and Europe in “In Dahomey,” a landmark American musical comedy, the first musical written and played by African-Americans to be performed at a major Broadway theater. The plot involved a group who discover a pot of gold, go to Africa and buy the nation of Dahomey (today’s Benin). While in England, Walker was photographed by Cavendish Morton (1874-1939) and the photos are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
Incense in Belize
Postcard of an incense burner from British Honduras, today’s Belize, from the collection of the Heye Foundation.
