{"product_id":"see-saw-margery-daw-by-florence-salter","title":"See-Saw, Margery Daw,\" by Florence Salter","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSee-Saw, Margery Daw,\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlorence Salter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChromolithograph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis vintage book plate showcases a colorful mid-century color lithograph accompanying the traditional verse \"See-Saw, Margery Daw,\" created by the prominent American children's illustrator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlorence Salter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1939\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The cheery visual scene depicts a boy in mustard-yellow overalls and a young blonde girl in a blue-and-pink floral print dress playing together on a wooden see-saw in a grassy field beneath a soft blue sky. Resting on the grass to the left, a small doll dressed in a pink gown and a wide-brimmed yellow bonnet watches the children play. Below the graphic, clean block typography displays the familiar four-line nursery rhyme detailing the plight of Jenny and her new master.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally featured within a large-format nursery book published by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMerrill Publishing Company\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this plate beautifully captures the commercial aesthetic of late 1930s American children's media. Florence Salter was a highly sought-after mid-century commercial artist who became famous for her distinctively sweet, chubby-cheeked, and wide-eyed character designs that came to define children's books, puzzles, and ephemera during the era. This specific piece holds significant historical value because it reflects the shift away from the stark, didactic moral lessons of earlier Victorian children's literature, moving instead toward bright, purely whimsical entertainment intended to comfort and delight young children during the tail end of the Great Depression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 13”x 9 ¾”W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In very good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53706875666711,"sku":"PR0187-13","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0187-13.1.jpg?v=1783956965","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/see-saw-margery-daw-by-florence-salter","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}