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Greetings Card

1940-1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shaped folder card. Front: colour printed illustration of a kitten wearing a red bow and holding a posy of flowers, lettered within the design HAPPY / BIRTHDAY, / Auntie! Inside: lettered with verse printed in black, inscribed with handwritten greeting. Back: lettered A Forget-Me-Not CARD / P.B. & CO. LTD. / 9-B-158A.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lithography on paper with synthetic fibre
Brief description
Birthday card, Britain, 20th century.
Physical description
Shaped folder card. Front: colour printed illustration of a kitten wearing a red bow and holding a posy of flowers, lettered within the design HAPPY / BIRTHDAY, / Auntie! Inside: lettered with verse printed in black, inscribed with handwritten greeting. Back: lettered A Forget-Me-Not CARD / P.B. & CO. LTD. / 9-B-158A.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Width: 12cm
Content description
A kitten wearing a red bow and holding a posy of flowers
Credit line
Given by Janet Mayer
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.587-2012

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2013
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