HAPPY DAYS
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
circa 1893 - circa 1900
Materials
Card and ribbon
Measurements
109 x 88 mm
Place of origin
Bavaria
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 793445.29
Summary
Christmas card, bound with a gold ribbon, loose in baby record book showing a young girl wearing a white coat and hat with a red ribbon, sitting on a sledge, holding a holly branch in the snow with 'HAPPY DAYS' written on the right. 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 56 and 57. One of two Raphael Tuck & Sons cards in the baby record book, see object 793445.20.
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: A Bright and Happy Christmas, From Third page: A Happy Christmas to you, - May it bring you ocean's more, Of new pleasures and new treasures, Than it ever brought before. 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. Reverse, top left corner: 2
Makers and roles
Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd , printer Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd , publisher