Set: Greeting THE KING AND QUEEN (Ed VII & G.V. period) Made in Saxony, Christmas & New Year, children

A HAPPY CHRISTMAS boy and girl setting up holly decorations KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed, inside right:- LOVING CHRISTMAS WISHES below:- SINCE NEVER A DAY IN ALL THE YEARS IS FIT TO RANK ABOVE IT, KEEP CHRISTMAS BRIGHT WITH PURE DELIGHT AND HELP YOUR FRIENDS TO LOVE IT Author NORMAN GALE Size 8.7 x 11.1 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card Holly

ALL FOR YOU top right, baby plays with fruit on table KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed, right:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS in red over verse:- OLD CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR AND THAT, THEY SAY"S THE REASON WHY LITTLE FOLK EXPECT GOOD CHEER...GAY AND MERRY Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 12 x 10 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

A LOVING CHRISTMAS LAY below robin on mistletoe watched by 2 girls KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread inside right top:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS below:-IT'S CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND THAT'S THE TIME YOU KNOW FOR STEALING LOVING KISSES BENEATH THE MISTLETOE. THIS CHRISTMAS BRING YOU KISSES AND LOVE, AND ALL THE REST OF THE SEASON'S PLEASURES THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST! Size 8.3 x 11 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

A MERRY HEART BE YOURS(A illuminated). boy & girl make giant snowball in front of buildings

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, once folded, embossed
inside first right top:-"BE HAPPINESS YOUR CHRISTMAS GUEST"
below:-WITH HEARTY CHRISTMAS GREETING AND BEST WISHES FROM
second:-MAY ALL THINGS GLAD AND FAIR AND BRIGHT, AND EVERY JOY THAT'S BEST, SURROUND YOUR PATHWAY, AND UNITE TO MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS BLEST.

Author

CLIFTON BINGHAM

Size

8 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

A MESSENGER FROM SANTA CLAUS in gilt, girl toboggans downhill with tray of fruit & doll KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed, inside right top:-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS in red below:-OLD CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, AND THAT THEY SAY'S THE REASON WHY LITTLE FOLK EXPECT GOOD CHEER....GAY AND MERRY! part of image comes signed on postcard C3781 Artist A.L.BOWLEY, unsigned Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 11.3 x 9 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS(C & G illuminated, girl stand facing boy who has mistletoe held behind his back KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single folds, embossed inside right top:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS below:-THE DAY IS HERE THAT MEANS SO MUCH OF PLEASURE AND DELIGHT AND HERE'S A LITTLE GREETING CARD TO WISH WITH ALL M\Y MIGHT YOUR CHRISTMAS MAY BE MERRY, AND YOUR NEW YEAR VERY BRIGHT. FROM Size 9.5 x 12.7 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card New Year

CHRISTMAS WISHES child wearing santa costume holds branch of holly

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by string, single folded, embossed
inside left:- FROM
inside right top:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
bottom:- HERE'S TO CHRISTMAS BLITHE AND JOLLY, WITH ITS MISTLETOE AND HOLLY, AND ITS FREE AND HEARTY FUN; MAY IT BRING YOU FULLEST MEASURE, OF ENJOYMENT, AND OF PLEASURE, ERE ITS MERRY COURSE BE RUN

Size

9 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

COME TO GREET YOU (C illuminated) inset of 2 children, 3 pigs come to greet them KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold,embossed inside top right:- WITH LOVING WISHES FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS below:-WITH MY LOVE AND KISSES A GREETING CARD I SEND YOU, MAY A THOUSAND BLISSES THIS CHRISTMAS DAY ATTEND YOU. Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 12.5 x 8 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Illuminated Letters Pigs

FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS on hanging plaque, boy on step-ladder & girl hang holly decoration KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed inside right top:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS below:-IT'S CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THAT'S THE TIME YOU KNOW FOR STEALING LOVING KISSES BENEATH THE MISTLETOE. THIS CHRISTMAS BRING YOU KISSES AND LOVE, AND ALL THE REST OF THE SEASON'S PLEASURES THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST! Size 8.8 x 11 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Holly

FOR A LOVELY CHRISTMAS boy hands a potted Chistmas tree through window to girl KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single folds, 3 narrow white/pale pink margins, embossed inside right top:- LOVING CHRISTMAS WISHES below:-SINCE NEVER A DAY IN ALL THE YEARS IS FIT TO RANK ABOVE IT, KEEP CHRISTMAS BRIGHT WITH PURE DELIGHT AND HELP YOUR FRIENDS TO LOVE IT Author NORMAN GALE Size 8.4 x 11.2 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

FROM SANTA CLAUS in gilt, inset 2 children hanging stockings, I AM FIDO label on dog, WITH LOVE label on doll KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed, 3 narrow red margins inside right top:- A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS below:- FROM GAY BEGINNING TO MERRY END I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS FRIEND; MAY THE RIGHT THINGS COME AND THE WRONG THINGS GO, AND A KIND SAINT BE ST. MISTLETOE. Author NORMAN GALE Size 8.8 x 10 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

GALLOPING (in red) TO GREET YOU(in gilt) boy rides a horse-shaped tricycle right

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by thread, folded once, embossed, 3 narrow blue margins
inside left:-TO WISH YOU A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM
right:-MAY TODAY BE SO SWEET AND SO GAY THAT 'TWILL BEAT ALL OTHER BRIGHT CHRISTMASTIDES HOLLOW MY CARD IS FROM "TUCK", SO 'TWILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK IN THE HAPPY NEW YEAR THAT'S TO FOLLOW

Size

8.8 x 11 cm.

Categories

GEE-UP FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS, girl in blue rides wooden rocking-horse right KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & single sheet secured by thread folded once, embossed, 3 narrow green margins inside left:-LOVE AND BEST WISHES FROM right:-SO GAY WITH ALL THAT'S PLEASANT BE THIS CHRISTMAS PRESENT IN YOUR HAPPY HOME, THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS DAY IN GLAD DECEMBER THROUGH THE YEARS TO COME. Size 9 x 11.1 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Horses

GOOD WISHES in gilt below framed inset of red-haired girl standing blowing bubbles, buttercups around KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment die-cut single sheet, perforated, folded once, embossed inside right top:-LOVING WISHES FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS below:-MAY SANTA CLAUS THIS CHRISTMAS-TIDE HIS FORMER FEATS OUTDO, AND COME WITH BOTH HANDS BRIMMING O'ER, WITH CHARMING GIFTS FOR YOU Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 10.8 x 15.8 cm. Categories Buttercups Children Christmas Greeting Card

GREETINGS in blue on plaque below twins facing front taking photos KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single folded, embossed inside right top:-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS below:-THE DAY IS HERE THAT MEANS SO MUCH OF PLEASURE AND DELIGHT AND HERE'S A LITTLE GREETING CARD TO WISH WITH ALL MY MIGHT YOUR CHRISTMAS MAY BE MERRY, AND YOUR NEW YEAR VERY BRIGHT used in 1916 Size 9 x 11.3 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card New Year

GREETINGS in gilt on pale brown plaque above girl in snow storm holding umbrella, walking right, looking front KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold inside top:-LOVING CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. below:-A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS DAY, AND MAY THE YEARS THAT FLY SO FAST, EACH FIND YOU YET MORE GLAD AND GAY, AND BRING MORE PLEASURE THAN THE LAST. Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 8.3 x 13 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

HAPPY AS A KING in blue below children playing, boy sits on gate, girl waves, dog jumps up, rural background seen through large perforation

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed narrow blue margins
inside left:- children see-saw FROM
right top:- A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
below:- A BLITHE NEW YEAR IS COMING IN AMIDST THE SEASONS' FUN, MAY YOU BE HAPPY, LUCKY, GAY - WHILE ITS BRIGHT COURSE IS RUN:
AND NE'ER A CLOUD SWEEP O'ER THE BLUE OF SUNNY SKIES THE WHOLE YEAR THROUGH.

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

8.5 x 11 cm.

Categories

HAPPY CHRISTMAS child stands in grass holding two ducks KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed, inside right top:- GOOD WISHES below:- MAY TO-DAY BE SO SWEET, AND SO GAY THAT 'TWILL BEAT ALL OTHER BRIGHT CHRISTMASTIDES HOLLOW MY CARD IS FROM TUCK' SO 'TWILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK IN THE HAPPY NEW YEAR THAT'S TO FOLLOW Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 8.3 x 11.5 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card

LOVING GREETINGS boy & girl sing carols, boy holds lantern, trees behind KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment single folded sheet, embossed inside left:- FROM right:- LOVING CHRISTMAS GREETINGS with verse below WITH FUN AND FROLIC ROUND YOU AND LOVING FACES NEAR .... AND MANY MERRY MEETINGS ENTRANCE YOU WITH DELIGHT Size 8.8 x 11.5 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card

LOVING GREETINGS in gilt, girl hangs holly, lantern hangs by window. olive green backgrouind

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single folds, embossed
inside right top in red:-CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
below:-OF ALL THE NICE OLD GENTLEMEN OF WHOM WE EVER HEARD, WE THINK DEAR FATHER CHRISTMAS IS MUCH TO BE PREFERRED, WE HOPE THAT WHEN HE COMES TO YOU, THIS MERRIE CHRISTMAS-TIDE HE'LL BRING YOU ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT, AND MANY MORE BESIDE.

Author

W.CAIRN JONES

Size

9 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

LOVING GREETINGS in orange above girl standing on grass adjusting her hat above poppies, watched by 2 white rabbits

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

single sheet, single fold, 3 narrow yellow margins, embossed
inside right top:- WITH BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS
below:-I WISH YOU ALL JOYS OF THE SEASON ALL CHARMING AND CHRISTMASY THINGS FALL TO YOUR PORTION, IN REASON THAT MERRY OLD YULE EVER BRINGS: AND THOUGH THE NEW YEAR MAY YOU FIND YOUR PLAYMATES BOTH CONSTANT AND KIND. FROM

Size

7 x 14 cm.

Categories

LOVING GREETINGS in orange above girl standing on grass holding on to her hat , looking down at white rabbits KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed inside second right top:-WITH BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS. below:-I WISH YOU ALL JOYS OF THE SEASON ALL CHARMING AND CHRISTMASY THINGS FALL TO YOUR PORTION, IN REASON THAT MERRY OLD YULE EVER BRINGS: AND THROUGH THE NEW YEAR MAY YOU FIND YOUR PLAYMATE BOTH CONSTANT AND KIND. Size 10.8 x 15.8 cm.

LOVING GREETINGS (L & G illuminated) girl stands facing front carrying basket of lilac & umbrella , more lilac above & below window KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed inside top:-TO WISH YOU A BRIGHT AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. below:-A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU - SMILES MAY IT WEAR FOR YOU, ALL THE WAY THROUGH! CARES, WITH THE OLD YEAR FLEET ONLY THINGS FAIR AND SWEET COME WITH THE NEW Size 9.6 x 12 cm. Categories Children Greeting Card Illuminated Letters Lilac New Year

MAY ONLY HAPPY DAYS AWAIT YOU under golden haired girl's head, blue ribbon round neck supporting forget-me-nots KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed inside left:- TO WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS. right:-THE DAY IS HERE THAT MEANS SO MUCH OF PLEASURE AND DELIGHT AND HERE'S A LITTLE GREETING CARD TO WISH WITH ALL MY MIGHT YOUR CHRISTMAS MAY BE MERRY, AND YOUR NEW YEAR VERY BRIGHT. Size 7.5 x 14 cm. Categories Children Christmas Forgetme Nots Greeting Card New Year

MERRY GREETINGS in red, head & shouders of girl in snowfall, white muff, blue jacket, sprig of holly, small cat mascot KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed, inside right top:-LOVING GREETING FOR CHRISTMAS below:-'TIS MERRY - OH TIS MERRY; WHEN AGAIN BLITHE CHRISTMAS COMES, AND WE TWINE THE HOLLY BERRY INTO GARLANDS ROUND OUR HOMES; A MOST HAPPY DAY BE THIS, BRIMMING O'ER WITH FUN AND BLISS. used in 1918 Size 9 x 11.5 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Holly

SO GLAD TO MEET YOU! in blue on white plaque at base, 2 girls in old style dresses & bonnets embrace under mistletoe

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong sheet, single fold, embossed, 3 very narrow blue margins
inside left:-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM
right:-HERE'S A BRIGHT AND HEARTY GREETING AND A LOVING WISH THAT ALL THE BEST OF FUN AND PLEASURE, TO YOUR LOT TO-DAY MAY FALL, AND A NEW YEAR TO COME AFTER, BRIGHT WITH SUNSHINE, LOVE AND LAUGHTER!

Size

8.8 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

TO GIVE YOU GREETINGE on white plaque, boy/girl in old style dress holds hat on with right hand, stick in left hand, walks front/right KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong sheet, single fold,embossed inside right top:- "MAY KINDLY FORTUNE SMILE ON ALL YOUR ENDEAVOURS." below:-HEARTY GOOD WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM Size 8.4 x 13.4 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card Illuminated Letters

TO GREET YOU in orange above girl standing on grass watching 2 white ducks, scant daisies around

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

cover & single sheet secured by thread, single fold, 3 narrow yellow margins, embossed
inside right top:- WITH LOVING WISHES FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
below:WELCOME TO THIS HAPPY DAY OF LOVE AND MIRTH, AND FUN, AND PLAY, I'M HOPING IT MAY HOLD FOR YOU MANY PLEASURES SWEET AND NEW I SEND MY LOVE TO GREAT AND SMALL, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL.

Size

7 x 14 cm.

Categories

TO GREET YOU in orange below 4 girls, boy right, orange pansies above right KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment cover & single sheet secured by thread, single fold, 3 narrow yellow margins, black background embossed inside left:- MERRY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM right:-THE VERY NAME OF CHRISTMAS MEANS ALL THAT'S MERRY, GLAD AND GAY, AND MAY IT BRING THE VERY THING YOU LONG FOR MOST THIS HAPPY DAY. Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 11 x 8.5 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Pansies

TO GREET YOU(T,G,Y illuminated) inset boy in old style sailor's dress stands holding 2 rabbits

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed, printed red cord left
inside right top:-A BRIGHT AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
below:-A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR YOU TO BE GAY IN, A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO WORK IN AND PLAY IN, AND WHETHER YOU WORK, OR WHETHER YOU PLAY, DEAR, NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS, DAY AFTER DAY, DEAR.

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

8.3 x 13 cm.

Categories

TO WISH YOU HAPPY DAYS(T,H &D illuminated) girl in old style dress waks right carrying 2 slates

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed,
inside left::-A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM
right:- HERE'S A BRIGHT AND HEARTY GREETING, AND A LOVING WISH THAT ALL THE BEST OF FUN AND PLEASURE TO YOUR LOT TO-DAY MAY FALL: AND A NEW YEAR TO COME AFTER, BRIGHT WITH SUNSHINE, LOVE, AND LAUGHTER.
used in 1918

Artist

in the style of K.E. Cowderoy

Size

8.8 x 11cm.

Categories

WELCOME MERRY CHRISTMAS in red & gilt, boy & girl sit at table with spoons, lantern above right

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed
inside right top:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS in red
below:-OLD CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, AND THAT, THEY SAY'S THE REASON WHY LITTLE FOLK EXPECT GOOD CHEER, AT THIS MOST MIRTHFUL SEASON SO BRIGHT AS ITS OWN HOLLY BERRY, MAY IT BRING ALL THAT'S GAY AND MERRY! FROM

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

11.4 x 9 cm.

Categories

WHO'S HAD MY PUDDING below weeping boy & above berried holly on plate KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & single sheet secured by thread, single folded, embossed inside right top:- CHRISTMAS GREETINGS below:-OF PUDDING IF YOU DO NOT GET YOUR SHARE, YOU'RE TREATED IN A WAY THAT'S MOST UNFAIR; MAY FORTUNE NEVER GRUDGE YOU WHAT YOU WISH, NOR PLACE IN FRONT OF YOU AN EMPTY DISH. FROM Author W.CAIRN JONES Size 10 x 9 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Holly

WITH LOVING WISHES in blue & gilt below Queen of Hearts, egg-man carrying tarts from which birds are flying, frog dressed in green

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong sheet, single fold, embossed, narrow blue margins
inside top right :-LOVING CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.
below:-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU - A BRIGHT AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, MINE IS JUST THE DEAR OLD GREETING - JUST THE DEAR OLD WORDS OF CHEER, FOR NONE MORE SURELY CAN CONVEY, MY LOVE AND WISHES FOR TO-DAY.

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

9.5 x 11.8 cm.

Categories

WITH MUCH LOVE girl with bonnet & glasses, stands part right & looks front, knitting KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment cover & single sheet secured by thread (or not), single fold, gilt embossed inside left:- FROM right:-CHRISTMAS GREETINGS with verse below OF ALL THE NICE OLD GENTLEMEN OF WHOM WE EVER HEARD .... HE'LL BRING YOU ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT, AND MANY MORE BESIDE Author W. CAIRN JONES Size 8.3 x 11.1 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

WITH MY BEST WISHES in green below right, girl in green dress in front of circular floral/rural inset, green background KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong sheet, single fold, embossed, narrow pink margins inside left :-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM right:-A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU - A CHRISTMAS BRIGHT AND SWEET, WITH FUN AND LOVING-KINDNESS, AND MANY A CHARMING TREAT. OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS MOST NEW AND RARE MAY YOU HAVE QUITE A GOODLY SHARE. Size 9 x 10 cm. Categories Children Christmas Floral Greeting Card

XXXXXXXX two children in old style dress kiss under mistletoe, cream & pink designed background

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed,
inside left:-sketch of 2 children under umbrella MAY YOU TWO BE AS HAPPY AS WE TWO! FROM
right top:-A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU
below:-CHRISTMAS WOULD FAIL IN BEING SWEET WERE YOU FORGOTTEN IN THE PRESS OF WHAT I DO TO MAKE COMPLETE MY FESTIVAL OF TENDERNESS I BREATHE THE THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE KISSED ONCE AND TWICE AND THRICE BY GLEE.

Author

NORMAN GALE

Size

8.8 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

SET: Greeting THE KING AND QUEEN (Ed VII & G.V. period) Made in Saxony, Christmas & New Year, children

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