Sweet, Much Loved Victorian Child's Bell Rattle with Turned Wooden Handle patinated copper together portraying a selection of

together portraying a selection of court figures in fine dress

they're also useful things in an endless number of ways

but hadn't thought to look for CDV's of the same until coming across this one while digging through a box of old photos and ephemera in Maine this week

made for the New York Wold’s Fair as an advertising giveaway for Bromo-Selzer

Sweet, Much Loved Victorian Child's Bell Rattle with Turned Wooden Handle patinated copper together portraying a selection ofI have a weakness for antique rattles, and bells of all sorts too, and certainly believe an antique child's rattle with lovely turned wooden handle is superior to a new plastic one! And just a festive feeling thing to wave around including for summoning people to the dinner table. Sweet. 5 3 4" long and producing a cheery jingle jangle, like sleighbells. Wear to the striped, sewn strips of heavy duty oil cloth to which the bells are sewn, and some