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The Curio (1887)

New York : R.W. Wright; · leaf 141

An illustration from The Curio, 1887, leaf 141
THE CURIO I 2 I There are still three or four signs of the On the occasion of a banquet given by “ Goose and Gridiron ” extant in England. Charles I. he was served upon the board in a cold pie. The adventures of the dwarf and his giant friend, the porter, were numerous and in- … “ A Goose clawing a Gridiron with its foot. The King’s Porter and the Dwarf. Poetical and rhyming inscriptions on signs teresting, and many were the ballads written were plentiful ; reference being made generally about the strange pair. Sign boards represent- that no credit was allowed, as for…

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