Greetings Card

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Rectangular folder card (portrait format) with rounded top. Front: colour printed illustration of a hot air balloon, its basket filled with flowers, letteredin gold within the design CONGRATULATIONS / ON YOUR / TWENTY-FIRST. Inside: lettered with verse printed in black, inscribed with handwrtitten greeting in black ink. Back: logo and product information printed in black.

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Categories	Greeting Cards Ephemera
Object type	Greetings card
Materials and techniques	Lithography and foil blocking on card Printing Ink Card Printing
Brief description	21st birthday card, Britain, 20th century.
Physical description	Rectangular folder card (portrait format) with rounded top. Front: colour printed illustration of a hot air balloon, its basket filled with flowers, letteredin gold within the design CONGRATULATIONS / ON YOUR / TWENTY-FIRST. Inside: lettered with verse printed in black, inscribed with handwrtitten greeting in black ink. Back: logo and product information printed in black.
Dimensions	Height: 20.3cm Width: 10.1cm
Content description	A hot-air balloon with a basket filled with flowers
Credit line	Given by Janet Mayer
Subjects depicted	Hot Air Balloons Flowers
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.599-2012

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Record created	September 28, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1273275/greetings-card-unknown/

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