Bird's Foot Trefoil Fairy Gift Tags – Antique Print
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This historic image of Bird's Foot Trefoil Fairy Gift Tags brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Bird's Foot Trefoil Fairy Gift Tags
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Bird's foot trefoil sets this card apart from other fairy images: its seed pods splay outward like a bird's foot, which gave the plant its name. The fairy theme of this period, common on Victorian and Edwardian greeting cards and gift tags, drew on folklore and a growing interest in wildflowers and nature study. The plant, *Lotus corniculatus*, is a common meadow and pasture species that farmers have long valued as forage, and its yellow flowers, often tinged red in bud, earned it the folk name "eggs and bacon." Small pieces like this show how fairy imagery moved from storybooks into everyday paper goods.
| Original scan | 600 × 800 px |
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| Reference | Bird's Foot Trefoil Fairy Gift Tags |
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