| Period |
Description |
|
| 1940s |
Beautifully pressed white
handkerchief with a hand drawn sketch of Widdecombe in the Moor in the
centre, and pale blue and pink lace edging. (£3.50) |
| 1930s? |
Very small, finely woven white
ladies hanky, almost see-through. Crocheted pattern of four squares in
middle with four white flowers in each, and white frilly crocheted edging. |
| 1930s? |
Gentleman's handkerchief in dark
blue silk with a paisley/gothic pattern of red symmetrical swirls,
interspersed with yellow and green flower motifs. (£2.50) |
| 1940s |
Brown child's hanky with orange
edging, green spots in the edging and a fine black blanket stitch around
the outer frills. |
| 1940s |
Pretty white hanky with small
blue, red and yellow flowers in centre, a red and blue border and a lovely
white white lace edging with purple, red, yellow and green flowers worked
into it. |
| 1940s |
White silk hanky with two inch
wide gauze border. Pretty purple and yellow flowers with green leaves
embroidered around edge of central square , and inscription in yellow in
one corner 'to my dear wife'. (£4.00) |
| 1950s? |
Silk
hanky with a handpainted picture of an African native in the foreground
beating a drum, with native huts and dancers in the background. In one
corner reads' Native life in central Africa'. Red border with bamboo
motifs within it. |
| 1950s? |
White
cotton hanky with rose motif lace edging. |
| 1960s? |
Child's
hanky with geometric pattern of pink and yellow polka dots on a white
background. Yellow border. |
| 1970s? |
Child's
hanky with red and green pattern of Christmas trees and geometric
patterns on a white background. Red border. |
| 1990s |
Child's
hanky from America with pictures of pumpkins, green apples, chillies,
pineapples and baseball bats with the words underneath. Green border. |
