Best find of the year - c.1850 baby travelling layette basket

Tomorrow I am going to list the most delightful find I bought at the fair.

It is dated July 1850 on the label which is attached to the leather handle on top of the basket cover.

As you can see this wonderful baby layette basket comes with it's own travelling canvas case, all ready to be popped onto the carriage for their holiday break.

The nanny would have got this basket out of the nursery storage, taken the cover off to reveal this wonderful basket.

The nanny must have thought how lucky the lady of the house was to have such a beautiful baby daughter and how lucky the baby was to be able to go travelling with her parents. All the nanny needed to do now was to pack all of the essential items the baby would need whilst away from home.

A lovely large space for all of baby's clothes.

A lovely tray to place all of those baby lotions, talcs, nappies and pins.

Just look at that lovely lace over pink and decorations of pink ribbon roses.

Now what do you think she might put in the pouches on the lid?

More of those ribbon flowers and rosettes.

All packed.

I think you will agree with me this was a real find.

I have seen the trays before but never the complete travelling layette. 

This basket measures 65cms x 42cms and is 36cms deep a really good size.

I just had to list this as an extra post as it is so special.

being listed tomorrow on 

the RAG RESCUE website

Sandie opens Rag Rescue again whilst her son is playing with tigers in Thailand.

 

  Last Sunday as we set off to the fairs, my son Daniel and Emma set off on their year long , once in a life time, chance to see the world. They flew out to Bangkok on Sunday evening and I got a phone call on Monday morning at the Lincoln fair to say they had arrived safely.

On arriving home this lunchtime I rushed up stairs to see if they had downloaded any photo's onto their travel blog. There were many photo's of Bangkok but the ones that excited me the most were the ones where they were handling the tigers at a tiger temple run by monks.They had been on a day long trip to the 'Bridge on the River Kwai' where they visited the war cemetery. This was of great importance to Emma as her great great uncle had died there. I am so pleased that she found his grave so that she can take her photo's back to his relatives.

I thought I would just let you know that the RAG RESCUE is now open for orders again .

I have bought three banana boxes full of fabrics, trims and vintage goods plus a very special find which you will have to wait and see what that it is.

New listings start tomorrow with postcards as shown on the previous post followed on Monday by vintage lace. Your guess is good as mine as to what I will list for the rest of the week so I'd better get my skates on tomorrow. 

I'll be back tomorrow with pictures of the lace I'm listing on Monday.

Until then......