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Greetings Card

1945-1965 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rectangular folder card (portrait format) with shaped front. Front: colour printed illustration of a bouquet of flowers, scalloped edge, textured silver foil border, embossed silver key attached to the card with green ribbon, lettered within the design Birthday / Greetings / for your / Twentyfirst. Inside: colour printed illustrations of a country cottage scene and flowers, lettered with verse and inscribed with hadwritten greeting. Back: logo and product information printed in blue.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lithography, embossing, silver foil and ribbon on paper
Brief description
21st birthday card, Britain, 20th century.
Physical description
Rectangular folder card (portrait format) with shaped front. Front: colour printed illustration of a bouquet of flowers, scalloped edge, textured silver foil border, embossed silver key attached to the card with green ribbon, lettered within the design Birthday / Greetings / for your / Twentyfirst. Inside: colour printed illustrations of a country cottage scene and flowers, lettered with verse and inscribed with hadwritten greeting. Back: logo and product information printed in blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Width: 20.3cm
Content description
A bouquet of flowers witha silver door key and a country cottage
Credit line
Given by Janet Mayer
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.602-2012

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Record createdSeptember 28, 2013
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