Christmas Card
1885-1900 (made)
Christmas card, of portrait proportions, with right and left-hand folding
cut-out flaps with partly deckled edges. Both flaps and the back show
head and shoulder cherub motifs above the nativity scene: the
right-hand flap shows a kneeling shepherd with a lamb; the left-hand
flap two of the magi; and the back the Madonna and Child in a rustic
archway, with the manger to one side. The words beneath read
"WITH CHRISTMAS GREETING
Gladness on this joyous Day
Come to you from Heaven, I pray" in gilt lettering.
cut-out flaps with partly deckled edges. Both flaps and the back show
head and shoulder cherub motifs above the nativity scene: the
right-hand flap shows a kneeling shepherd with a lamb; the left-hand
flap two of the magi; and the back the Madonna and Child in a rustic
archway, with the manger to one side. The words beneath read
"WITH CHRISTMAS GREETING
Gladness on this joyous Day
Come to you from Heaven, I pray" in gilt lettering.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Colour-printed card |
| Brief description | Christmas card; Anglo-German, 1885-1900 |
| Physical description | Christmas card, of portrait proportions, with right and left-hand folding cut-out flaps with partly deckled edges. Both flaps and the back show head and shoulder cherub motifs above the nativity scene: the right-hand flap shows a kneeling shepherd with a lamb; the left-hand flap two of the magi; and the back the Madonna and Child in a rustic archway, with the manger to one side. The words beneath read "WITH CHRISTMAS GREETING Gladness on this joyous Day Come to you from Heaven, I pray" in gilt lettering. |
| Dimensions | Height: 10 cm Width 2: 5.5 cm(foldd) |
| Marks and inscriptions | The card is signed "Amy from Mamma" |
| Credit line | Given by Eileen A. Brock |
| Object history | References: Given to the donor's mother, neé Amy Piercey (b.1882) |
| Production | English design,printed Germany |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.452-1993 |
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| Record created | April 19, 2000 |
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