BEST WISHES
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 1893 - circa 1900
Materials
Card and ribbon
Measurements
109 x 89 mm
Place of origin
Bavaria
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 793445.20
Summary
Christmas card, bound with a gold ribbon, loose in baby record book showing a young girl wearing a white coat and red hat, holding a holly branch in the snow and 'BEST WISHES' written on the left. There are two pages inside the card, one on which there is a Christmas message and a space to write the name of the card giver, on the second is a poem by H.M. Burnside. Loose in baby record book between pages 34 and 35. One of two Raphael Tuck & Sons cards in the baby record book, see object 793445.29.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.
Marks and inscriptions
First page: To Wish you a Bright and Happy Christmas, From Third page: A bright and happy Christmas Day, And may the years that fly go fast, Each find you yet more glad and gay, And bring more pleasure than the last H.M.Burnside. Back of card: TRADE MARK PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN, NEW-YORK. DESIGNED AT THE STUDIOS IN ENGLAND AND PRINTED AT THE FINE ART WORKS IN BAVARIA. Back of card, top left corner: 2
Makers and roles
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd , printer Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd , publisher