Lot 182 — Owl Trade Card, “’Owl Aboard”
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Lot 182 — Owl Trade Card, “’Owl Aboard”

Victorian advertising trade card for Hardie & Stoker’s groceries and crockery: a family of owls adrift on a plank in the rain.

Artist
Unknown artist (stock lithograph)
Dimensions
Approx. 3 × 4.5 in (trade-card size, not measured)
Materials
Chromolithograph on card stock

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Description

A chromolithographed advertising trade card. In slanting rain, a family of owls rides a floating plank: one seen from behind, a big wide-eyed owl in the middle, a ruffled one spreading its wings and a tiny one at the end. The caption reads “’Owl Aboard,” with “Owl of Ye go to Hardie & Stoker’s for Groceries & Crockery” at upper right and a small printer’s stock number at lower right.

Edges are worn, with a small hole and a nick at the upper right near the shop’s name. Stock design, sold to many shops with each name printed in. The only owls in the hold who have actually been to sea, and they do not look pleased about it. One of three Hardie & Stoker’s owl cards, each sold on its own.

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