Greetings Card
1930-1960 (made)
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Rectangular folder card (landscape format) decorated with gold/pink shot ribbon. Front: colour printed illustration of a baby with greeting "Congratulations!" lettered in black, silver border and corner ornaments with flowers. Inside: vignette featuring colour printed illustration of a teddy bear and a toy ball, lettered in black with verse, inscribed in black ink with handwritten greeting. Back: lettered A.M. DAVIS & CO. / QUALITY CARDS / LONDON (bottom left) and BRITISH MANUFACTURE (bottom right).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Folded paper with lithography and letterpress, ribbon. |
| Brief description | New baby card, British, 20th century. |
| Physical description | Rectangular folder card (landscape format) decorated with gold/pink shot ribbon. Front: colour printed illustration of a baby with greeting "Congratulations!" lettered in black, silver border and corner ornaments with flowers. Inside: vignette featuring colour printed illustration of a teddy bear and a toy ball, lettered in black with verse, inscribed in black ink with handwritten greeting. Back: lettered A.M. DAVIS & CO. / QUALITY CARDS / LONDON (bottom left) and BRITISH MANUFACTURE (bottom right). |
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| Content description | Baby, teddy bear, toy ball, ornament. |
| Credit line | Given by Jenny Tuck |
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| Accession number | E.470-2011 |
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| Record created | August 23, 2011 |
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