Christmas card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, Paper, Ink, Cotton thread, Pencil lead
Measurements
89 x 113 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749390
Summary
Christmas greeting card-right hand opening cream card with cream paper insert. Front-a coloured picture of a man leading two horses down a country lane, accompanied by a dog. On either side of the lane are some white cottages with red roofs and in the distance is a ruined building. In the top right corner are the words A MERRY CHRISTMAS Around the spine of the card is a red cotton thread bow. Inside on the left hand page is the verse On the loom of kind thoughts, I am weaving true, The best of good wishes, At Christmas to you. Below the verse is a line drawing of a church in fields. On the right hand page are the words A MERRY CHRISTMAS ACCEPT WITH THIS TOKEN THE BEST OF GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE COMING YEAR FROM Mrs. W.H.Booth 77 John St Worksop Rear trademark 2 BRITISH PRODUCTION