Wordplay Collection

Advert, Four Famous Singers
Advertisement for the Singer Sewing Machine - Four Famous Singers - Adelina Patti, Christina Nilsson, Emma Albani and the sewing machine! circa 1895

Christmas Greetings card with a Golfing Pun theme, playing on words/terms. " May Xmas: BUNKER trouble and Care and LINK you to a Golden New Year. I ask you to accept today

Christmas card in the shape of a lobster. Date: circa 1890s

Two babies with comic greeting on a Christmas card
Two babies (hidden under a pair of gloves) with comic greeting on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Milk order tag -- 2 Extra Please
Milk order tag to fit over the neck of an empty bottle - 2 Extra Please, I m not getting enough. circa 1970s

Milk order tag -- 1 Extra Please
Milk order tag to fit over the neck of an empty bottle - 1 Extra Please, I m not getting enough. circa 1970s

Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century

Bonzo the Policeman - George E. Studdy - Clacton-on-Sea
circa 1920s

Cartoon, Out of Her Census, Another decayed - decade! Ah, me! A woman contemplates the passing of time. Date: 1891

Greetings card in the shape of a rolled umbrella -- To keep off the REIGN of care! Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Father and son in the garden Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Women and washing line Date: 20th century

Canoe-dling
A spot of Canoe-dling! Date: 1906

Comic postcard, Couple out walking - tall woman and short man Date: 20th century

Original Artwork - Get Better Quick card design
Original Artwork - Design for a Get Better Quick card featuring a poorly teddy bear with an attentive young nurse holding a bottle of Castor Oil. A play on the word bear ! Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Plump man drinking in pub Date: 20th century

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy, A green-faced sickly-looking Gent seated by a ships rail is less than happy at the attentions of a rosy-cheeked rotund fellow passenger whos breezy countenance

Comic postcard, Scottish Soldier in the British Army, WW2 - Good luck at the front! Date: circa 1940s

Baby with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Red, white and blue ribbon on a Christmas and New Year card
Red, white and blue ribbon on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899

Truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card
Policemans truncheon with comic verse on a Christmas card -- probably a reference to the Trafalgar Square Riots of November 1887, also known as Bloody Sunday. Date: circa 1887

Dinner setting with comic verse on a Christmas card
Dinner setting (plate, cutlery and napkin) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Devil with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pair of scissors with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas card
Draughts board with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Tap pouring out money with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Couple wading through water on a Valentine card, with verse. Date: circa 1890s

Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year card
Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899

Smiling pudding with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Feather duster with comic greeting on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Crab with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Health salts with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Strip of rubber with comic verse on a birthday card
Strip of rubber for mending a puncture, with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Quill pen with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Diary with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Piece of checked cloth with comic verse on a birthday card -- a check, not a cheque. Date: circa 1890s

Travel tickets with comic verse on a Christmas card -- From All Difficulties to Prosperity, Special Xmas Train. Date: 1889

Sun blind with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Covered dish with comic verse on a Christmas card (what is under the cover remains a mystery, but it sounds fishy). Date: circa 1890s

Sheet music with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Auld Lang Syne, Home Sweet Home, The Mistletoe Bough and Royal Country Dances (four tunes, fortunes). Date: circa 1890s

Sole with comic verse on a Christmas card -- From the bottom of my sole. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Tailors make a Man. circa 1833

Cartoon, Ruling the Roast. circa 1833

Cartoon comment on Prime Minister Charles Grey
Cartoon, Politics - a comment on the Whig Prime Minister Charles Grey. circa 1833

Cartoon, A Waterman and a Lighterman. circa 1833

Cartoon, A Professer of the Healing Art - cobbler repairing a shoe. circa 1833

Cartoon, Poaching on Forbidden Preserves. 19th century

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