Carved Edge Border Wooden Breadboard meissen blue onion Victorian Love Token - Katie/1882

Victorian Love Token - Katie/1882 Seated Liberty

a tree motif decorating the rim with a quote relating to fishing is printed to the interior of rim

It was first manufactured around 1866

Red logo on white body

The witty eyes of birds tell all

Carved Edge Border Wooden Breadboard meissen blue onion Victorian Love Token - Katie/1882Carved Edge Border Wooden Breadboard 1 This breadboard has a stylized carved wheat border. Not quite perfectly round, approximately 11. 5 12 in diameter Thanks to the Corn Laws, in effect from 1815 1846, bread became a luxury item due to its high cost; in response, the growing middle class utilized ornate breadboards to display their wealth through the presentation of large, artfully arranged loaves at mealtimes. The Corn Laws were British tariffs and