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Greetings Card

1930-1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Rectangular folder card (portrait format) decorated with green ribbon. Front: lettered with greeting, embellished with printed illustration featuring a lucky horseshoe, sprays of flowers and birds, printed in black, orange, green and gold, gold border. Inside: vignette featuring vase of flowers, figurine and open book, lettered "W&A ARTESQUE / PRINTED IN ENGLAND" and with greeting and verse, all printed in brown, signed in black ink.


Object details

Categories
Greeting Cards
Ephemera
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
Letterpress and die stamping on card, letterpress on paper, and ribbon.
Printing Ink
Card
Printing
Brief description
21st birthday card, British, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular folder card (portrait format) decorated with green ribbon. Front: lettered with greeting, embellished with printed illustration featuring a lucky horseshoe, sprays of flowers and birds, printed in black, orange, green and gold, gold border. Inside: vignette featuring vase of flowers, figurine and open book, lettered "W&A ARTESQUE / PRINTED IN ENGLAND" and with greeting and verse, all printed in brown, signed in black ink.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.8cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
Content description
Lettering, lucky horseshoe, sprays of flowers, and birds.
Credit line
Given by Jenny Tuck
Subjects depicted
Horseshoes
Flowers
Birds
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.468-2011

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Record createdAugust 23, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1240337/greetings-card-unknown/
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