Original Greeting Card - "Happy Birthday--Mother" [Hand-colored Illustration of People in a Nineteenth-century or Early Twentieth-century Town]

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Original Greeting Card - "Happy Birthday--Mother" [Hand-colored Illustration of People in a Nineteenth-century or Early Twentieth-century Town]

Original greeting card printed in multicolored ink on off-white paper. Printed black lettering on front and interior. Beautiful gilt decorations and gilt borders on front and interior panels. Hand-colored illustrations on front panel and its verso. Decorative pink bow along spine. Card is used but only with hand coloring and an added exclamation point to the message. No date, circa 1900s-1920s. 5 1/2" x 4 1/2." Card is very clean and intact but has slight wrinkling throughout and some age toning. A Very Good copy. An original greeting card for the occasion of celebrating a mother's birthday. The hand-colored illustrations are done in watercolor and feature colors such as blue, green, purple, orange, yellow, and pink. The front hand-colored illustration shows people walking around a nineteenth-century or early twentieth-century town with cottages and a church. A mother is shown in the foreground buying flowers from a street vendor with her daughter. The interior hand-colored illustration is a stem with leaves and flowers. The front message reads, "Happy Birthday--Mother." Butterflies dance underneath the interior printed birthday message: "With love and best wishes to the dearest mother ever!" The exclamation point appears to be added by hand.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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