| "Butterfly Conservatory Jigsaw" |
| "A delightful jigsaw with an evocative illustration recalling the rising popularity of glasshouses, orangeries and winter gardens as exotic, indoor retreats in the 19th century. Joseph Paxton (180365), designer of Crystal Palace, created largescale glasshouses but, as materials and kitform technologies improved, smaller scale conservatories came within reach of the middle classes by the end of the 19th century. For example, the miniature, suburban estate of Sunnycroft in Shropshire included a fine glasshouse by Halliday & Co., 1899 once elegant and aspirational it is now, sadly, in need of conservation with the National Trust mounting an appeal for its restoration."
Price: 11.99 |
| "Music Dominoes" |
| "A musical version of a game thought to date back to China during the Song dynasty."
Price: 19.99 |
| "Austin Tilly & Humber Snipe Models" |
| "Detailed railway scale diecast models celebrating the spirit of 1945. Austin Tilly: celebrating the wartime service of the Hon. Second Subaltern Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II. Captures Austin Tilly M1136086, complete with Lplate, inspired by the vehicles from the Princesss time stationed at the Mechanical Training Centre in Camberley, Surrey. With pressures upon manufacturing, domestic car designs were adapted into Light Utility Cars; becoming affectionately known as Tillys. Having insisted on joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.) when she became 18 in 1945, Princess Elizabeth passed out as a fully qualified driver, later becoming a Junior Commander. Humber Snipe Tourer: celebrating the Victory Car used by General Montgomery and Winston Churchill in the VEDay parades of 1945. Captures the open top Humber Snipe Tourer Victory Car; the sister car to Old Faithful, two cars specifically built for General Montgomery with mineproof floors and longrange fuel tanks. The model is complete with folded hood, military insignia and authentic colour scheme."
Price: 15.99 |
| "Princess Elizabeth"s Austin Tilly" |
| "A detailed railway scale model celebrating the wartime service of the Hon. Second Subaltern Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II. A diecast model captures Austin Tilly M1136086, complete with Lplate, inspired by the vehicles from the Princesss time stationed at the Mechanical Training Centre in Camberley, Surrey. With pressures upon manufacturing, domestic car designs were adapted into Light Utility Cars; becoming affectionately known as Tillys. Having insisted on joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.) when she became 18 in 1945, Princess Elizabeth passed out as a fully qualified driver, later becoming a Junior Commander."
Price: 7.99 |
| "Monty"s Humber Victory Car" |
| "A detailed railway scale model celebrating the Victory Car used by General Montgomery and Winston Churchill in the VEDay parades of 1945. A diecast model captures the open top Humber Snipe Tourer Victory Car; the sister car to Monty"s Old Faithful from the North African campaign; the two cars specifically built for General Montgomery with mineproof floors and longrange fuel tanks. The model is complete with folded hood, military insignia and authentic colour scheme. The perfect commemorative gift, this collectable vintage model car celebrates VE Day and its heroes."
Price: 8.99 |
| "Honeysuckle Stitched Bookmark Kit" |
| "Showcasing an elegant, sinuous honeysuckle design, use this lovely counted cross stitch kit from Scotland to make a pretty bookmark inspired by cottage garden flowers. The celebrated garden designer William Robinson (1838 1935) popularised the cottage gardenstyle advocating a looser and more naturalistic approach to garden borders. Writing in 1883, his influential book The English Flower Garden celebrated hardy perennials and native plants, urging gardeners to delight in natural form and beauty. The perfect project for crafters, enjoy sitching your bookmark with stepbystep instructions to realise the finished cross stitch. A thoughtful gift or keepsake once made, use this needlecraft floral bookmark to mark the pages of a favourite book."
Price: 8.99 |
| "3 Popup Butterfly Cards" |
| "Recalling the "Ocho Mecho" origami butterflies which were a traditional part of Shinto wedding celebrations; Ihara Saikaku"s poem of 1680, thought to be the earliest known reference to paper sculpture, reads "The butterflies in Rosei"s dream would be origami...". A kaleidoscope of butterflies pops up from flat when opened."
Price: 14.99 |
| "Luxury Finish Amaryllis Cards" |
| "The British Library Reproducing a botanical study of "Amaryllis psittacina" by George Cooke (17811834) from the plates for "The Botanical Cabinet", published 181733. With gold foiling to the border."
Price: 7.99 |
| "10 Raphael Loggia Panel Cards" |
| "Reproducing 18th century engravings by Giovanni Volpato (17351803) of two panels from the Raphael Loggia at the Vatican. The frescoes decorating the colonnaded space were designed by Raphael (14831520) and painted by Raphael"s studio c.151820. Made exclusively for Museum Selection"
Price: 6.99 |
| "10 Potpourri Paintings Cards" |
| "Evocative cards, reproducing English paintings redolent of the scent and enjoyment of Summer"s roses. Includes "Two Girls Arranging Posies" by George Clausen (18521944) and "Pot Pourri", 1897 by Herbert James Draper (18641920). Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 6.99 |
| "20 Illustrated Bouquets Cards" |
| "The British Library Smart floral cards, adapted from exquisite illustrations by Charlotte Sowerby and J. Andrews for Edward George Henderson"s "The Illustrated Bouquet, published 185764. Includes fashionable, new hothouse gloxinias, dipteracanthus, fuchsias, pelargoniums and geraniums. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "20 British Country Views Cards" |
| "Evocative art from posters and periodicals in celebration of the British countryside. Reproducing details of Northern Irish flaxgrowing from a poster for the Empire Marketing Board, 192733; a view of Poynings, Sussex from the South Downs by Charles Pears for The Tatler, 1933; plus views of Durdle Door in Dorset and a New Forestwoodland glade from c.1950s60s posters for British Railways by Alan Durman (190563) Made exclusively for Museum Selection. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "30 Hanging Scroll Animal Cards" |
| "The British Museum Reproducing evocative and richlypainted details from hanging scroll paintings, now in the collection of the British Museum. Spanning the 17th to 19th centuries, images include monkeys by Mori Sosen (17471821), geese in paddy fields by Isoda Koryusai, c.176080, birds and flowers by Masuyama Sessai, 1791. Made in Britain."
Price: 10.99 |
| "20 Motivational Poster Cards" |
| "Be inspired! Fun cards reproducing original posters from 1928, part of a series produced by UKfirm ParkerHolladay to inspire and motivate the British workforce. Each poster includes a peppy exhortation signed Bill Jones, a fictional character whose weekly sayings promoted the qualities for a sound work ethic. Made exclusively for Museum Selection. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "10 Flower Basket Print Cards" |
| "Vivid floral details from Number 14, a sheet of pictures printed in 1907 by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops). Founded in 1903 as a freethinking association of artists and artisans, over a thousand numbered postcards and images were produced, disseminating the Workshops avantgarde aesthetic at an affordable price. Produced exclusively for Museum Selection. Made in Britain."
Price: 6.99 |
| "20 Van Gogh Summer Scene Cards" |
| "Reproducing the atmospheric summer landscapes, The Haystacks, June 1888, and Olive Trees, 1889, by Vincent van Gogh (185390. Made exclusively for Museum Selection. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "3 Sea Birds Soundchip Cards" |
| "RSPB The sounds of a seabird summer: open the card and a soundchip plays an accurate recording of a puffin, Herring gull and eider duck. Both the puffin and eider are threatened UK species, with Northumberland and Scottish coastal populations at risk. It is said that St Cuthbert instituted the earliest conservation legislation when, in the 8th century, he decreed that no nesting eiders should be disturbed or hunted on the Northumberland coast; the birds became known as Cuddys duck in memory of this charity."
Price: 17.99 |
| "10 Molly Brett Spring Roundel Cards" |
| "Enchanting seasonal designs by popular English illustrator and childrens author Molly Brett (190290). Reflecting Bretts keen observations of the natural world, the borders include primroses, periwinkle, bluebells, violets and cowslips. Made exclusively for Museum Selection. Made in Britain."
Price: 6.99 |
| "30 Autumnal Aspect Cards" |
| "The British Library Recalling John Keats (17951821) beloved poem To Autumn, 1819, as the atmospheric Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. Evocative cards reproducing seasonal details from books and printed ephemera in the collection of the British Library. Includes a miniature of Harvest from a 16th century Book of Hours; an illustration of apple picking by Jessie Willcox Smith, 1915; a fashion plate from "The Queen", 1914; a mossy tree from plates by Gherardo Cibo, c.15641584; and studies of pears and hazelnuts from George Brookshaws Pomona Britannica, 1812."
Price: 10.99 |
| "20 Splendor Solis Fauna Cards" |
| "The British Library Cards reproducing an exotic menagerie, details of birds and beasts from the colourful borders of Splendor Solis, 1582; now in the collection of the British Library. Meaning The Splendours of the Sun, the highly decorative borders accompanied a popular alchemical text which originated in Germany in the 1530s. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "20 PreRaphaelite Paintings Cards" |
| "Cards reproducing beguiling PreRaphaelite paintings interpreting myths and allegory. Includes Edward Robert Hughes (18511914) Night with her Train of Stars; Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse, c.1886; Dante Gabriel Rossettis The Damsel of the Holy Grail, 1874; and Edward BurneJoness (183398) The Garden Court from his series The Briar Rose panels. Made exclusively for Museum Selection. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "20 19th Century Artist"s Tour Cards" |
| "The British Museum Reproducing 19th century paintings from the collection of the British Museum, capturing European cultural highlights. Scintillating paintings capture the northeast corner of the Parthenon by James Skene, 1840; a moonlit study of Venices San Giorgio Maggiore by George Price Boyce, 1854; an 1828 view of Florence by J.M.W. Turner (17751851); and the Alhambra by John Frederick Lewis, 1832. Made in Britain."
Price: 8.99 |
| "14 Celestial Notecards Box" |
| "Picked out with gold foil details, smart cards reproducing celestial figures and ornaments from a finelytooled leather binding from the collection of the British Library. The decorations echo the rich blue and gold of the illustrations of the constellations in Johann Bayers revolutionary celestial atlas, Uranometria, published in 1603."
Price: 8.99 |
| "3 Old Money Coin Cards" |
| "Delightfully nostalgic cards, bearing genuine coins from the predecimal era, which ended in Britain on 15th February 1971. Reproducing details from Edwardian and 1920s transport advertising ephemera. Cards include old pennies, a farthing and a half penny to send luck (or a portion of it!) to your loved ones throughout the year."
Price: 9.99 |
| "Winter Floral Christmas Cards" |
| "Christmas cards with delightful watercolour studies of hellebores, physalis, poinsettias and pine, painted by 20thcentury British artist Charles Barker. Reproduced on a handsome, textured board with a smart debossed frame. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 7.99 |
| "Red Illuminated Ribbon" |
| "Set of 3 ribbons lit by tiny LED lights. Wrap on trees, garlands or mantelpieces."
Price: 17.99 |
| "Gold Illuminated Ribbon" |
| "Set of 3 ribbons lit by tiny LED lights. Wrap on trees, garlands or mantelpieces."
Price: 17.99 |
| "Winter Woodblock Cards" |
| "The British Museum Japanese Ukiyoe woodblock prints became popular in the West in the 1860s as trade links grew, inspiring a fashion for Japonism; the typical use of flattened perspective, blocks of solid colour and strength of line in Japanese art went on to inform the New Artists of Art Nouveau and Impressionism, which sought a new approach to classical art. Reproducing mid19th century woodblock prints by masters Utagawa Hiroshige (17971858), Katsushika Hokusai (17601849), Kawase Hasui (18831957); alongside images by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (17971861), Utagawa Toyokuni (17691825), and Suzuki Harunobu (fl. c.172470)."
Price: 12.99 |
| "Mary Brown Winter Florals Cards" |
| "Christmas cards with sensitive watercolours of snowdrops and hellebores by artist Mary Brown (191287). Snowdrops are thought to symbolise hope, consolation and purity; hellebores or "Christmas Roses" are also associated with purity which has led to their association with St Agnes."
Price: 7.99 |
| "Woodland Gathering Cards" |
| "With iridescent glitter details, a lovely scene of birds from a finelypainted watercolour by 20th century artist Peggy Burton. Burton is noted for her childrens book illustrations for the Medici Society. Made exclusively for Museum Selection."
Price: 7.99 |
