Baptism card
Ye Olde Church Printing House
Category
Ephemera
Date
1901
Materials
Card
Measurements
150 mm (length); 115 mm (width)
Place of origin
Wolverhampton
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663753
Summary
A christening card for Sarah May Jones printed on cream card with a red line all round and a cross at each corner. The seal of the Church of S. Andrew is top centre and underneath the words ‘WOLVERHAMPTON SUFFER the little children to come unto Me and forbid them not - for of such is the kingdom of God”. Then the details of the name, date of birth and date of baptism filled in in ink, and then signed by the vicar.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs V. E. Freear in November 1976.
Makers and roles
Ye Olde Church Printing House, printer