Mother Goose Melodies

Artisan: Patricia Steele (Lakeside Miniatures)
Date: 2022
Dimensions: 25 x 20 x 3 mm. / 1 x ¾ x ⅞ inches (height x width x depth)
Intended Room: Day Nursery
Inventory number: 2022.144
Category: Books

Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist via eBay.

Originally published around 1890 by the McLoughlin Brothers in New York, and including a variety of well-loved rhymes, from ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’ to ‘Little Miss Muffet’. I was delighted to see the advert for Cadbury’s Cocoa inside, opposite the title page.