Christmas card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, Ink
Measurements
156 x 111 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749472
Summary
Card-single layer of cream card. Front- At the top are the words First Communion. In the centre is a red cross with a gold pictures on blue backgrounds at the ends of its four arms. The pictures are a dove, a lamb of God, a chalice and host and a bird. In the middle of the cross are the letters IHS and around them, in a circle are the words As often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew the Lords death till He come. At the bottom is the verse Tis sweet and right and mine own bounden duty. Good Angels guide me with pure heart to fall Before His Altar-stepand see HIS Beauty, And taste of HIM my first my last mine all. The print is in red, blue and gold. At the bottom is the trademark S.P.C.K No 72 Rear cream card blank.