Christmas card
Savory - Dennison
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card.
Measurements
126x83mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 294665
Summary
A greetings card showing a ‘Joyce Mercer’ illustration of three individuals and a robin on a wooden post, captioned ‘THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW, / AND WE SHALL HAVE SNOW, / AND WHAT WILL THE ROBIN DO THEN, / POOR THING! / HE’LL STAY BY THE BARN / TO KEEP HIMSELF WARM / AND PUT HIS HEAD UNDER HIS WING, / POOR THING!’. Inside, the card reads ‘WITH HEARTY GREETINGS / AND ALL GOOD WISHES / FOR A / MERRY CHRISTMAS / WITH / GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS / THROUGH THE DAYS OF / THE COMING YEAR.’
Makers and roles
Savory - Dennison, card and cartes manufacturer