Greetings card
Meissner and Buch
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and ink
Measurements
90 x 140 mm
Place of origin
Leipzig
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1155733
Summary
New Year card. A postcard style card with a picture on the front of a bowl of yellow roses by C.V. [...], and with handwritten greetings across the bottom. The reverse has a green halfpenny stamp with a Wrexham postmark.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Across bottom of front of postcard: A Happy New Year to you from / B Heurick Across LHS width edge: Meissner & Buch, Leipzig, Kunstler[umlaut over u] - Postkarten Serie 1133, ;;Rosen", Gesatzl. geschutet [umlaut over the u] Address across reverse: Mrs. Yorke / Erddig Park / Wrexham {underlined] Across top of reverse In German, French and Italian: POSTKARTE. / CARTE POSTALE. CARTOLINA POSTALE On reverse RHS on top of stamp: [Postmark within circle] WREXHAM / 9PM / DE 31 / 02 / [...2]
Makers and roles
Meissner and Buch, manufacturer