Sweet, Much Loved Victorian Child's Bell Rattle with Turned Wooden Handle patinated copper but granted an added elegance

but granted an added elegance and evocativeness via the nature and tonalities of the photograph

a rising (I assume) sun was added to the horizon

but hadn't thought to look for CDV's of the same until coming across this one while digging through a box of old photos and ephemera in Maine this week

together portraying a selection of court figures in fine dress

Sweet, Much Loved Victorian Child's Bell Rattle with Turned Wooden Handle patinated copper but granted an added eleganceI have a weakness for antique rattles, and bells of all sorts too, and certainly believe an antique child's rattle with lovely turned wooden handle is superior to a new plastic one! And just a festive feeling thing to wave around including for summoning people to the dinner table. Sweet. 5 3 4" long and producing a cheery jingle jangle, like sleighbells. Wear to the striped, sewn strips of heavy duty oil cloth to which the bells are sewn, and some