Silk ribbon with an illustration of a violet drawn in. I'm guessing drawn, I see no stitch marks or anything similar... but then again, I am not an expert on 19th century textiles.Found in "Winston's Cumulative Loose-Leaf Encyclopedia Volume II - Bay Of - Chalcis" edited by Thomas Finegan. Published by Winston Co., 1926.
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These don't look quite like violets. The leaves are wrong, and violets usually grow one blossom to a stem.
Given the color and the clusters of blossoms, they could be forget-me-nots.
Oh, while I'm here, what made you stop posting photos of the books? That made it more fun, especially when the books were so marvelously antique!
Mary B.
Hey Mary - I call them violets only because that's what was written on the back (although it didn't show up in the can I took). I'll include the books from now on.
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