Verbal Collection (page 8)

Peruvian Quipo
Quipos - coloured cords, with knots at appropriate points, enabled the ancient Peruvians and Mexicans to communicate in a non-verbal manner

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

Acrobat balancing pudding on nose on a Christmas card
Acrobat balancing a pudding on his nose on a Christmas and New Year card -- Balance of Currant Accounts. Date: circa 1890s

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

Comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card, with a pun on Ear / Year. Date: circa 1890s

Greeting on a New Year card (possibly with a pun on Ear / Year). Date: circa 1890s

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

Comic pictogram verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Metal pin with comic verse on a greetings card
Metal pin with comic verse (including references to pipe smoking) on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Baby and boots puzzle on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Last and boots on a Christmas and New Year card
Cobbler's last and boots on a comic Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Comic pictogram on a Christmas and New Year card
Comic pictogram with a puzzle about family relationships on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Pictogram with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pictogram (The Times newspaper, a button, a joint of mutton) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sealing wax and seal with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Last Will and Testament with verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Scarf and hand muff with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: 1895

Piece of string with comic verse on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic verse instructions on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Flags and string with comic verse on a Christmas card
British and Welsh flags and string (representing a noose) with comic verse on a Christmas card at the time of the Boer War, with references to Steyn, Kruger, Buller and the Transvaal. Date: circa 1900

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

Drunkard and bottle with comic verse on a Christmas card
Drunkard giving a red pillar box a cigar and a drink from a bottle, with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Clothes prop with comic verse on a Christmas card
Clothes prop with washing line and socks, with comic verse on a Christmas card -- including a Leap Year proposal in advance of the following year. Date: circa 1890s

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

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

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

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

Hand with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card -- Auld Lang Syne. Date: circa 1890s

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

Box of pills with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Newspaper with comic verse on a Christmas card
Newspaper (The Sun) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Crescent moon with comic verse on a Christmas card
Crescent moon and lady with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fishes with comic verse on a Christmas card
Fishes (herrings and sprats) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Devil with comic verse on a Christmas card
Devil, newspaper and stamp with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

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

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

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

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

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

Toast with comic verse on a Christmas card
Toast and toasting fork with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Pudding and tooth with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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

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

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