Antique advertising trade card for Singer Sewing Machine Co. / M. Staines, Merivale, associated with the series or title “Familiar Australian Singers / 1913-1914 calendar”.
The front features colour Australian bird illustration with eight different Australian birds: magpie, laughing kookaburra, crimson rosella, grey fantail, eastern whipbird, lyrebird, superb fairy wren and bell miner (or Australasian figbird) among branches and foliage. Visible wording includes: Familiar Australian Singers; With compliments of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.; Calendar 1913 / 1914; M. Staines, Merivale; free trial. The design is especially attractive for its natural history subject, decorative lettering and period advertising layout.
The reverse carries green printed calendar for 1913 and part of 1914 with retailer/agent stamp and free trial wording. The wording recorded from the card includes: Familiar Australian Singers; With compliments of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.; Calendar 1913 / 1914; M. Staines, Merivale; free trial. Note: Agent stamp partly obscured; name appears to read M. Staines, Merivale.
A decorative and collectable piece with crossover appeal for collectors of advertising ephemera, trade cards, chromolithographic cards, vintage printed collectibles, Singer sewing machine memorabilia, bird and natural history cards, Australian-themed advertising.
Condition shows age-related toning, handling marks, corner and edge wear, with possible light creasing, surface rubbing or small marks visible in the scans. Please review the front and reverse scans for exact condition.