SilverCrow Creations - Wall Art

SilverCrow Creations - Wall Art

Made Just for SilverCrow

Old Ravens Meet Fine Art Print Artist Trading Cards - Signed by the Artist

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Frame this wonderful print and hang it on your wall. Or, collect it. Or, use it as a bookmark; give it as a gift. Whatever you choose to do with it, we're sure it will be treasured for years to come.

This is a fine art print of an original painting from our new friend, Alison Fennell. She is a truly gentle and talented soul who agreed to print these just for SilverCrow.

Alison's own description of this fine image of glorious blackbirds:

Plush in their iridescent blue and black finery these two old boys
greet each other with a bow and a caw!

These are standard ATCs (2-1/2 by 3-5/8 inches), printed with archival ink on archival fine art paper. At first glance, the image appears to be an original watercolor!

The artist has signed each one of these individually and, of course, we must keep one for ourselves.

Made in Wales

1September2010

Price: $5.25 Each

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American Circus Posters

More Carnivals, Circuses & Clowns

Here collected together for the first time are 48 large, full-color, rare circus posters. Culled from authentic circus advertisements from the 1890s through the 1940s, these are so superbly reproduced, you'll think they are brand-new originals.

Because they are printed in extra large format (10-1/4 x 14-1/4 inches), you'll clearly be able to see even the smallest of details. These amazing posters features many of the greats of the American circus: acrobats, clowns, Gargantua, etc., from Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey, Sparks, and more!

They create a delightfully visual circus history and are fine examples of poster art rarely seen today. You might want to buy two copies - one for framing and one to keep! Softcover.

Printed in USA

SilverCrow Classic

Out of Stock

Price: $15.95 each

Pink Plastic Nursery Rhyme Plaque - Jack & Jill

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Jack & Jill Plaque in Blue

This vintage 1969 nursery rhyme wall plaque from Invicta measures about 8 inches wide by 5-3/4 inches high. Jill and Jack are running with their pail as a couple of bunnies and a bird look on. It is made of light pink hard plastic and includes the Jack and Jill Nursery Rhyme:

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

This is old-store stock, unused and in great condition. The poem and the characters are raised from the plaque and are highlighted with golden accents. These were manufactured by Invicta Plastics and have lots of detailed information on the back regarding Invicta's company and locations. Some of these have the mounting tabs on the back that may or may not still be sticky. They were originally used to mount on the wall in a child's room - and would look great in a shadow box frame for a nostalgic touch.

There are so many sources of origin claimed for the Jack and Jill rhyme, that it is hard to know which is true. Many nursery rhymes began as satirical poems regarding the politics of the day. Still others were meant tell the stories of history to children, modified to help soften the harsher news.

Some say that Jack and Jill is the story of the beheading of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette. Others insist that it was modeled after a fairy tale about 2 childhood friends in Norway. And still another associates it with the British monetary unit, gill, and the jackpot that ensued for the country.

Made in England

05June2010

Vintage Item - Limited Availability

Price: $8.50 Each

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Original Print in Hand-Painted Frame - Amor Prohibido

This charming print by Patrick Murillo tells the age-old Romeo and Juliet story - this time with a muertos dog and cat! This unlikely pair has not only learned to tolerate each other under the same roof - but they have unexpectedly fallen in love and are sharing the same bowl! The main characters are muertos (Day of the Dead skeletons), but are surely appropriate for the Day of the Dead and every other day of the year.

Each 8 by 10 inch print sits in a hand-painted frame and arrives ready to hang. Entitled, Amor Prohibido (Prohibited Love), we know that you'll enjoy this as much as we have. Each frame is hand painted and no two are alike, so please let us choose one for you!

Made in USA

5October2006

Price: $29.95 each

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Rare BLUE Plastic Nursery Rhyme Plaque - Hey-Diddle-Diddle

More Vintage Items

See Saw Margery Daw Plaque

Cat & Fiddle Button

This vintage 1969 nursery rhyme wall plaque measures about 7 inches wide by 5-1/2 inches high. The whole story is here:

Hey-diddle-diddle
The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away
with the spoon.

This is old-store stock, unused and in great condition. The poem and the characters are raised from the plaque and are highlighted with golden accents. These were manufactured by Invicta Plastics and have lots of detailed information on the back regarding Invicta's company and locations. Some of these have the mounting tabs on the back that may or may not still be sticky. They were originally used to mount on the wall in a child's room - and would look great in a shadow box frame for a nostalgic touch.

The cow jumping over the moon is the delight of so very many children of all ages! The actual meaning is a bit fuzzy. Some say that it represents the rise of Richard III to power. Others suggest that it represents the constellations in the spring sky. Still others attribute the little poem to a description of Queen Elizabeth I and her good friend Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. She often referred to him as her lap dog.

Made in England

22March2008, Re-Added 27May2010

Vintage Item - Limited Availability

Price: $4.00 Each

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Rare BLUE Plastic Nursery Rhyme Plaque - Humpty Dumpty

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More Alice in Wonderland

This vintage 1969 nursery rhyme wall plaque measures about 8-1/8 inches wide by about 6 inches high. The whole story is here:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses, and
all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

This is old-store stock, unused and in great condition. The poem and the characters are raised from the plaque and are highlighted with golden accents. These were manufactured by Invicta Plastics and have lots of detailed information on the back regarding Invicta's company and locations. Some of these have the mounting tabs on the back that may or may not still be sticky. They were originally used to mount on the wall in a child's room - and would look great in a shadow box frame for a nostalgic touch.

Humpty Dumpty is believed to have originated in the early 19th century, but made a famous appearance later in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass.

Made in England

26May2010

Vintage Item - Limited Availability

Price: $4.00 Each

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Patinaed Tin Flaming Heart Milagro

Larger than most of our milagros at 9-1/4 inches high, such a striking image will blend nicely with any décor. We have hung one of these in our living room to remind us that the heart is the center of the home and that our home should hold our hearts safe.

The simple yet lovingly detailed heart has been created by traditional tinsmiths who have learned their trade from their family generations before them.

At the widest, the heart measures 5 inches. Milagros are traditionally hung by hammering a nail through the top. A tiny hole has been added at the top of the flame for you to do just that.

Hand Made in Mexico

30October2009 - Re-Added 30March2010

Price: $18.00 Each

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Hand-Painted Retablo on a Hand cut Recycled Tin Cross

More Retablos & Shrines

Each one of our beautiful retablo crosses has been hand cut of recycled tin and then hand painted with images of saints, the Virgin Mary or Jesus as well as with supplicants asking for help and blessings from the heavens.

The subjects and saints differ on each of the crosses, but they all resemble the one in the illustration. Colors are antiqued blues, greens and browns and will age over time. Expect the metal to age gracefully over time. In fact, we love that part.

Traditionally retablos are created to thank, entreat or venerate saints, angels, Jesus or Mary. Many are hung in the backs of churches (sometimes with milagros added). Once the supplicant felt that prayers had been answered, the retablo was then removed to the home.

Retablos are often painted by artists as not all the faithful have talent enough to render their prayers visually. Most retablo art is somewhat primitive and was once considered outsider art.

With help from Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and their contemporaries, retablo art has become quite collectable in its own right. Seeking to preserve Mexican and other Latin American traditions, Kahlo and Rivera began collecting these wonderful spiritual treasures in the last century.

The traditional manner for hanging such retablos is with with a single simple nail hammered through the top of the tin right into the wall. Because it is made of tin rather than paper, it will stand the test of time even in this manner.

The cross measures 13 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide.

Hand Created in Mexico

24February2010

Price: $54.00 Each

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Hand Made and Hand-Painted Double Lovers Hearts with Dove

More Valentines

What a wonderfully special work in tin. Each piece features two hearts connected as one with a flying dove uniting them. A tin banner flows from one heart to the next. The banner displays various lover's promises, such as:

Tu Corazón Unido Al Mío
(Your Heart Unites with Mine)

or

Dos Corazónes Unidos Par Siempre
(Two Hearts Always United)

among other lovely pledges of love. Of course, you might choose to paint over the wording and add your own pledge of love.

The entire piece measures about 13 inches across and 8-1/4 inches high, and 2 to 2-1/2 inches deep. There is a hanging loop on the back that you can use as is or bend up for a different position.

These are made by the same traditional artisans that make many of our very special nichos. As each is slightly, please let us choose one for you.

Hand Made in Mexico

23January2010

Price: $39.50 Each

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Art Print - Soaring by Jonathan Meader

Bob Dylan says of artist Jonathan Meader

"I recommend him as being honest, forthright and of sound mind."

His art, created in his own name, and as his alter-ego, Ascian, is in countless private and public collections. Jonathan Meader has created this enigmatic print of two travelers off to see the worlds. Whether they are soaring to the sun or to the moon is for you alone to imagine. But, don't we wish we call could be along for the ride?

Our 8 by 10 inch mini poster of Soaring is printed on number 1-grade 10 point cover-weight paper, perfect for mounting or framing. It will fit in any standard 8 by 10-inch frame.

Printed in Korea

SilverCrow Classic

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Le Jongleur Japonais Wall Plaque

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More Clowns, Carnivals & Circuses

With a graphic style only found on vintage French Circus posters, this wonderful Japanese Clown Juggler juggling the suits of a deck of cards! Perfect for a gaming room or to decorate for a card party or circus party! The artwork is stunning! The plaque measures about 13-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches and is die cut of fiberboard, ready to hang with a ribbon or cord (or nail) from the cut-out hole at the top! These were originally nailed on boarded up windows or pasted to poles.

Consider it, too, as the cover when creating a book about the circus or carnivals!

Made in USA or Imported

SilverCrow Classic

Price: $18.50 ach

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Reproduction Advertising Sign: Miau! Miau! - Kittens & Ladder

Who wouldn't want to play with this bunch of kitties? Climbing a ladder and playing ball all at once on a wonderful Persian rug!?

Created from heavy board and designed from a vintage advertising sign, we're sure you'll love this special item! There are two metal eyelet holes at the top that hold a creamy satin ribbon for hanging.

How perfect for a child's room - especially for a kitten lover! This large sign measures 11-1/2 by 15 inches.

Consider it, too, as the cover when creating a book about pigs or other animals, or certainly, for children!

Made in USA

25May2009

Price $22.50 each

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Handmade Folk Art mirror - Frida Kahlo

Similar Frida Ornament

What an interesting piece of folk art this is! Made of tin, in the Mexican tradition, this mirror features a likeness of Frida Kahlo as an angel. Her wings are made of hands outstretched, yet protecting her at once. Her bodice is three-dimensional and features a bustier as typical of her own paintings. As a piece of wall artwork, this would be quite attractive. However, her skirt opens and reveals a mirror. The symbolism is worthy of Frida herself!

It is designed with a built-in easel for standing on a table or shelf and with a hanging loop for displaying on a wall. The design is such that the mirror remains closed while displayed until you open it.

This very special piece has been created by traditional tin artisans in Mexico and hand crafted and painted there as well. The the bodice of Frida's dress varies in color and some doors open to the right and others to the left. Please let us choose one especially for you!

Made in Mexico

14August2006

Price: $39.50 Each

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Reproduction Circus Sign: Lady Acrobat with Greyhound!

You'll imagine being at the circus and jumping for joy when you see this great reproduction circus sign. It features a very talented lady performer, acrobatically flipping over backwards. A horse, a clown and even a wonderful greyhound are joining her in the center ring!

Created from heavy board and designed from a vintage advertising sign, we're sure you'll love this special item! The die-cut style makes this wonderful piece even more interesting than a poster of the same image.

Consider it, too, as the cover when creating a book about pigs or other animals, or certainly, for children!

Made in USA

21April2009

Price $17.50 each

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Especially Commissioned by SilverCrow

Angel Praying Retablo

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Our gorgeous Angel Retablo was painted by traditional artisans in Mexico - on recycled, rusted tin sheet. She is almost 9 inches by 12-1/4 inches. We offered the original of this painting some time ago and had many, many requests for the same image. We were able to commission the original artist to create several more based on the original. Each is hand-painted, so each will differ slightly. Expect the metal to age gracefully over time.

Traditionally retablos are created to thank, entreat or venerate saints, angels, Jesus or Mary. Many are hung in the backs of churches (sometimes with milagros added). Once the supplicant felt that prayers had been answered, the retablo was then removed to the home.

Retablos are often painted by artists as not all the faithful have talent enough to render their prayers visually. Most retablo art is somewhat primitive and was once considered outsider art.

With help from Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and their contemporaries, retablo art has become quite collectable in its own right. Seeking to preserve Mexican and other Latin American traditions, Kahlo and Rivera began collecting these wonderful spiritual treasures in the last century.

You might consider framing your retablo in a simple wooden frame or shadowbox wooden nichos. We like to hang them in the traditional manner with a single simple nail hammered through the top of the tin right into the wall. Because it is made of tin rather than paper, your nicho will easily stand on an easel as well.

Hand Painted in Mexico

15OCTOBER2006

Price: $50.00 Each

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Principal High Buildings of the Old World Gift Wrap

This spectacular textured gift wrap is perfect for framing as poster art; simply elegant as gift wrap; stunning when used in your book art, collage and assemblage projects.

This clever giftwrap is a reproduction of a vintage image of all of the buildings as though they were in the same city! Just imagine!

Just a few of the almost 80 included buildings are:

Washington Monument Washington, DC, USA	Eiffel Tower Paris, France	St Peter's Basilica Rome, Italy
Mosque of St Sophia Constantinople, Turkey (Istanbul)	Church of St Isaac St Petersburg, Russia	Taj Mahal Agra, India
Great Pyramid Giza, Egypt	Temple of the Sun Baalbec, Lebanon	Porcelain Tower Nanking, China

At the bottom, there is a legend listing all of the buildings and their locations with their Old World names.

Superbly printed on 20 by 28 inch sheets of Italian laid paper. Each sheet arrives rolled in a plastic sleeve.

Printed in Italy

11April2009

Price: $5.00 per sheet

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Frameable Note Card - Matted Print Ready for framing: Steinlen Cats

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More France & the French

This gorgeous print by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen has been professionally matted and transformed into a frameable note card. It will fit any standard 5 by 7 inch frame. The card is blank inside, so you can add your own message. Each comes with a white acid free, beveled edge mat that has been professionally cut. Each card is sealed in a protective sleeve that you remove before sending it in the accompanying envelope.

Long known for his love of animals and particularly for cats, this Steinlen print is emblematic of most of his works. It features an advertising poster for Montmartre with two elegantly aloof felines in the starring roles.

Now you have a card that becomes a present, too! Such a stunning print might cost much more on its own!

Made in USA

19February2009

Price: $7.50 each

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Frameable Note Card - Matted Print Ready for framing: Through the Alkali by Charlie Russell

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More Horses
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More American West & Rodeo

This gorgeous print by Charles M Russell has been professionally matted and transformed into a frameable note card. It will fit any standard 5 by 7 inch frame. The card is blank inside, so you can add your own message. Each comes with a white acid free, beveled edge mat that has been professionally cut. Each card is sealed in a protective sleeve that you remove before sending it in the accompanying envelope.

Known for his authentic portrayals for life in the early American West, Charles M Russell has become a celebrated artist, beloved cowboy and historian of the west. Born in St Louis, Missouri, he came to love Montana as his home.

Now you have a card that becomes a present, too! Such a stunning print might cost much more on its own!

Made in USA

23February2009

Price: $7.50 each

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The Human Head - Inside & Out Plaque

With a graphic style only found on vintage posters and plaques, this wonderful illustration of the human head has a die cut overlay that opens to show the inner workings! Of course, this is a reproduction of a vintage original, so it shouldn't be used a reference for study of modern anatomy. It makes a great wall decoration - even if you never open the overlay!

The artwork is stunning! The plaque measures about 12 inches high by 9 inches wide and the head is die cut of strong paperboard, ready to hang with a ribbon or cord (or nail) from the cut-out holes at the top!

Consider it, too, as the cover when creating a book!

Two plaques shown for illustration.

Made in USA

26June2006

Price $21.50 each

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Frameable Note Card - Matted Print Ready for framing: The Tetons - Snake River by Ansel Adams

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More Peacefulness

More American West & Rodeo

This gorgeous print by Ansel Adams has been professionally matted and transformed into a frameable note card. It will fit any standard 5 by 7 inch frame. The card is blank inside, so you can add your own message. Each comes with a white acid free, beveled edge mat that has been professionally cut. Each card is sealed in a protective sleeve that you remove before sending it in the accompanying envelope.

This striking black and white photograph was taken by acclaimed American photographer Ansel Adams between 1933 and 1942. The original is in the National Archives. It features the Tetons - Snake River in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Now you have a card that becomes a present, too! Such a stunning print might cost much more on its own!

Made in USA

10February2009

Price: $7.50 each

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Frameable Note Card - Matted Print Ready for framing: The Lantern Bearers by Maxfield Parrish

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More Carnivals & Circuses

Maxfield Parrish Postcard Booklet

This alluring print, The Lantern Bearers (1910), by Maxfield Parrish has been professionally matted and transformed into a frameable note card. It will fit any standard 5 by 7 inch frame. The card is blank inside, so you can add your own message. Each comes with a white acid free, beveled edge mat that has been professionally cut. Each card is sealed in a protective sleeve that you remove before sending it in the accompanying envelope.

Maxfield Parrish and fellow artists of his time represented the Art Nouveau movement to some extent, but is best known for his oft-copied individualistic style. Parrish's art features extremely luminous colors. In fact, he even had a color named for him - Parrish Blue.

His technique was masterful, created by glazing - creating a base of blue and white, then varnishing, then adding a color, then varnish, etc.

Now you have a card that becomes a present, too! Such a dazzling print as this might cost much more on its own!

Made in USA

9February2009

Price: $7.50 each

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Cowboy Buckaroo Growth Chart

More American West & Rodeo

This handmade buckaroo cowboy growth chart proclaims:

Howdy partners!

Now you can decorate rodeo cowboy style with this stylish western growth chart. It is loaded with great vintage cowboy imagery.

It folds on ribbon seams - just like old-fashioned wall hangings and fits neatly inside an included keepsake box for convenient gift giving or tucking away with other memorabilia.

The chart itself extends to 60 inches (5 feet) and includes a page of 20 festive American Western stickers, including birthday stickers and extra stickers for marking special occasions - you can even write on them.

The construction is of the finest quality archival printing on paper over sturdy board.

Imported

28November2008

Price: $19.95 Per Set

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Distressed Leather Icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

More Icons, Milagros & Amulets

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is one of the many titles given to the Blessed Virgin Mary. A Byzantine icon named Our Lady of Perpetual Help was created sometime between the 13th and 15th centuries (there has been much controversy over the exact date). The original icon has been in Rome since at least the late 15th century, but is truly in the style of an Icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is known in the Orthodox iconography as the Theotokos of the Passion. Catholics have long revered this image as representative of the ability of Mary to intercede with their prayers to Jesus Christ, her son, pictured with her in the icon.

This popular image has been much copied and reproduced, as it has been here. The image has been printed on the distressed leather and then accented by hand with golden ink or paint, highlighting the image to create a mini masterpiece! The icon measures 3-1/4 inches by 5 inches and the hanging leather adds approximately an additional 3-1/4 inches in height.

Made in South America

10November2008

Out of Stock

Price: $11.00 Each

Guadalupe Resin Heart with Real Flowers

More Milagros, Medals, Amulets & Talismans

Made so elegantly of resin and pewter, each of these hearts is different. Embedded brilliantly in resin and accented with real flowers, a lovely image of Our Lady of Guadalupe can grace your wall or doorway. The heart measure a bit over 3-1/2 inches high and 3-1/2 inches wide.

Each of our hearts has been hand made of modern materials in the tradition of master Mexican artisans. Although each is different, there are similar color backgrounds: blue, red, yellow, cream, pink, purple and more. We will do our best to match the color you request. Because we are never sure which colors will arrive, we cannot promise a certain color.

Three hearts are shown for illustration.

Made in Mexico

31May2008

Price: $24.00 each

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Plastic Nursery Rhyme Plaque - See Saw Margery Daw

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This vintage 1969 nursery rhyme wall plaque measures about 8 inches wide by 5-3/4 inches high. There is a sweet picture of a girl and a boy on a teeter-totter made of a log and plank, accompanied by a bunny and some birds. It is made of light blue hard plastic and includes the Margery Daw Nursery Rhyme:

See saw Margery Daw,
Jacky shall have a new master;
He shall have but a penny a day,
Because he can't work any faster.

This is old-store stock, unused and in great condition. The poem and the characters are raised from the plaque and are highlighted with golden accents. These were manufactured by Invicta Plastics and have lots of detailed information on the back regarding Invicta's company and locations. Some of these have the mounting tabs on the back that may or may not still be sticky. They were originally used to mount on the wall in a child's room - and would look great in a shadow box frame for a nostalgic touch.

In researching the meaning of this rhyme, we have found that it probably wasn't meant for children in the first place. It was most likely a worker's rhyme used by men sawing large logs of wood using two-handled saws - to help them keep time. It's origin appears to be in the 18th century and Margery was a poor country name, and Daw meant an untidy person. Working rhymes generally contained references to wages and eventually made their way into children's lives through their working fathers - just as the see-saw did!

Made in England

06January2008

Vintage Item - Limited Availability

Price: $3.00 Each

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All Natural Birch Bark Wall Pocket or Card Holder

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Made in the traditional Adirondack cabin-style of real all-natural birch bark, this striking wall pocket will bring the wilderness right into your home. Whether you place cards and other correspondence in it or use it for dried wildflowers, you'll love the look.

This traditional style originated with the Native American Indians of the Northeast United States and Canada and has retained its style throughout the years.

The pocket offers a hole in the center of the back, encircled by natural rope for hanging. It measures 10 by 4 by 9-1/4 inches.

This wall pocket is not Native American Indian produced, a Native American Indian product or the product of a particular Native American Indian, Native American Indian Tribe or Native American Indian Arts and Crafts Organization.

Imported

20November2008

Price: $13.00 each

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Frameable Note Card - Matted Print Ready for framing: Symmetry of Man by Leonardo da Vinci

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Vitruvian Man Charm

This famous print, Symmetry of Man or alternatively, Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci has been professionally matted and transformed into a frameable note card. It will fit any standard 5 by 7 inch frame. The card is blank inside, so you can add your own message. Each comes with a white acid free, beveled edge mat that has been professionally cut. Each card is sealed in a protective sleeve that you remove before sending it in the accompanying envelope.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci is the archetype of the Renaissance man: he is best known as an artist and inventor, but also shone as a scientist, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, architect, botanist, musician and writer. In fact, in art, he was a portraitist, skilled in illustration, still life and landscapes, as well as sculpture in many media.

This is one of his best known drawings wrought in pen on paper in Florence around 1490. It features the anatomy of a man in symmetry (if symmetry even exists!). This image has been prominent on many items for years, even appearing on the Euro.

Now you have a card that becomes a present, too! Such a striking print as this might cost much more on its own!

Made in USA

16February2009

Was: $7.50 Now: $6.00 each

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Plastic Nursery Rhyme Plaque - Jack & Jill

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See Saw Margery Daw Plaque

This vintage 1969 nursery rhyme wall plaque from Invicta measures about 8 inches wide by 5-3/4 inches high. Jill and Jack are running with their pail as a couple of bunnies and a bird look on. It is made of light blue hard plastic and includes the Jack and Jill Nursery Rhyme:

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

This is old-store stock, unused and in great condition. The poem and the characters are raised from the plaque and are highlighted with golden accents. These were manufactured by Invicta Plastics and have lots of detailed information on the back regarding Invicta's company and locations. Some of these have the mounting tabs on the back that may or may not still be sticky. They were originally used to mount on the wall in a child's room - and would look great in a shadow box frame for a nostalgic touch.

There are so many sources of origin claimed for the Jack and Jill rhyme, that it is hard to know which is true. Many nursery rhymes began as satirical poems regarding the politics of the day. Still others were meant tell the stories of history to children, modified to help soften the harsher news.

Some say that Jack and Jill is the story of the beheading of Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette. Others insist that it was modeled after a fairy tale about 2 childhood friends in Norway. And still another associates it with the British monetary unit, gill, and the jackpot that ensued for the country.

Made in England

22March2008

Vintage Item - Limited Availability

Price: $8.50 Each

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Large Coconut Sculptural Mask - Mariposa (Butterfly)

Made in the tradition of Mexican coconut masks, this unique Mariposa (butterfly) is in her full regalia! Colorful and sweet, her entire form is created by traditional artisans in Mexico.

Measuring about 5 inches by 5 inches, please allow for variation in size, shape and color, because each of this is made by hand from a natural coconut shell. It is then hand painted and polished. This lovely mask will make quite a statement on the wall of your studio or any other room.

Made in Mexico

14January2008

Price: $29.25 each

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Lenticular Weeping Willow Tree - Perfect for framing

More Lenticulars

These lenticular trees are a delight! Culled from never-used old store stock, having never even been sold, they are in tip-top condition. Measuring 8 by 10 inches, these lenticular 3D pictures were originally distributed by Emdor.

Although they are not marked Vari-Vue, they are the same high quality as anything Vari-Vue made. Hailing from the late 1960s or early 1970s, some are from the USA and others from Japan. Other than the "Made in" stamp, there appears to be no difference between them.

There are lots of copies of this same image made today, but these are original to the 3D era of the mid-20th century. Marked on the back is:

Weeping Willow Tree #8014

We framed one for ourselves in a simple wooden frame with glass (from Wal-Mart) and the depth and movement are even more captivating under glass.

Made in USA or Japan

29JULY2007

Vintage Item - Limited Availability

$29.95 each

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Twinkle Twinkle - Wooden Plaque

This old-fashioned wooden plaque is a sweet addition to your baby's room. The old-timey illustration features a little baby sitting on a cloud searching the sky for stars with his pint-sized telescope. The sentiment is a familiar one:

Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star
How I wonder
what you are

Assembled to hang with a sheer organza ribbon. The plaque measures about 10-1/2 by 7 inches (not including the ribbon) and is die cut in the pleasing shape pictured.

Made in USA or Imported

20May2007

Price $8.75 each

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Extra Large Colonial Nicho - Purple Tones

This truly elegant nicho will display a larger santo or statue nicely. Because of the amazing detail, it will be simply beautifully with just such an addition. Of course, it is quite appropriate to add additional accoutrements such as milagros, charms, photos or whatever you choose.

The nicho measures from 23 inches top to bottom. It is 12-1/2 inches from side to side. The niches is 13-1/4 inches high, 9-1/4 wide and 4 inches deep. The rounded base adds an additional depth of 4- 1/2 inches (so total depth is about 8-1/4 inches).

You can hang it by the loop on the back of the niche, or you might even want to recess it into your wall for a very special effect.

Made in Mexico

04July2007

Price: $125.00 Each

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French Kitties Wall Art Plaque

With a graphic style only found on vintage posters and plaques, this wonderful illustration of the Les Chats Français would delight any kitty-loving kiddie (or grown-up!). We know they are French, as miau is French for meow!

The artwork is sweet and lovely! The plaque measures about 15 inches wide by 11-1/2 inches High and the head is die cut of strong paperboard, ready to hang with a ribbon or cord (or nail) from the cut-out holes at the top!

Consider it, too, as the cover when creating a book about your favorite felines.

Made in USA

05June2007

Price $21.50 each

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Postcard Frame

All SilverCrow Postcards

Oh! How happy we were to find this little postcard frame. It's simple to use and allows you to change your décor at the drop of a postcard from a friend. This fun little frame is easy to use (see the instructions) and is able to hold either vertical or horizontal postcards!

Uniquely designed by Armin Metzger, this handy frame works in just about any room. The frame's outside dimensions are 5-1/2 by 7-1/4 inches. The frame opening is 3-3/4 by 6 inches.

(The sample postcard is one of our favorites - The Treasure Seekers).

Made in USA Or Imported

SilverCrow Classic

Price: $6.25 each

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