Antique The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrated Book c.1920 Boots Ed 12 Colour Plates Hodder Stoughton limoges porcelain but maybe silk

but maybe silk

The label reads “100% Cotton Size: L Made in Japan”

This is a dinner plate made in the Woodland pattern

This is a rather unique suit

most appearing around or below the logo (see last close-up photo)

Antique The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith Illustrated Book c.1920 Boots Ed 12 Colour Plates Hodder Stoughton limoges porcelain but maybe silkThis is a very nice copy of an early twentieth century Boots edition of The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, illustrated throughout with the celebrated artwork of Jessie Willcox Smith, one of America's greatest Golden Age illustrators. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd., Nottingham, this attractive edition was issued shortly after the famous American publication and is generally believed to date to circa 1920. It