Giving ‘an heiry nothing’
Fun 23 (26 April 1876): 186
Stranger (inspecting palatial residence): —“Now, I suppose that vase has been in the family a great number of years?”
Antiquated Housekeeper: —“Oh yes, Sir, ever since I can remember!”
S.: — “A sort of heirloom, is it not?”
A. H.: —“Oh dear no, Sir, real Dresden!”
Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.