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

AHOY! in red on white plaque shouted by sailor with basket of holly on his back KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold, embossed, inside left:---illuminated in red--AHOY! AHOY! THO' THE WINDS BLOW CHILL, WITH REMEMBRANCE FOND AND A RIGHT GOOD WILL WE'LL KEEP OLD CHRISTMAS MERRY STILL. AHOY! AHOY! right:-TO WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM Size 108.3 x 12 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card Holly Illuminated Letters New Year

A JOLLY CHRISTMAS below night view of black silhouettes of people sliding down path, one falls KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, 3 thin blue margins inside right top:- MERRY GREETINGS below:-A JOLLY "FIGURE" MAY YOU CUT, THRO' CHRISTMASTIDE! AND NOTHING, BUT THE BEST OF BLISSES, WIN! AND, AT ITS N-ICE-ST JOYS, I HOPE THAT LUCK WILL GIVE YOU LOTS OF "ROPE' TO HSVE AN ICE LOOK-IN! Size 12 x 9.8 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card

ALL'S WELL in red above MAY YOUR HEART IN TUNED BE FOUND TO HEAR THE BELLMAN'S WELCOME SOUND, bellman in green coat in snow before house KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet embossed right:- TO WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM Author \ Size 9.5 x 15 cm. Categories Christmas Folded Greeting Card New Year

A MERRY CHRISTMAS in red, over stereotypes of Chinese man & 2 boys dancing

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong single sheet, single fold, 3 narrow gilt edges, pale green background
inside left:- MAY YOU ALWAYS BE MERRY AND BRIGHT FROM
right:-THEY ARE SO ELATED THESE QUEER LITTLE FOLK, IT IS QUITE CALCULATED OUR MIRTH TO PROVOKE; IF IT INDICATED HAPPINESS, ALL I CAN SAY IS I HOPE THERE'S MUCH MORE OF IT COMING YOUR WAY.

Author

W.CAIRN JONES

Size

10 x 9.1 cm.

Categories

BLITHE CHRISTMAS SETS OUR HEARTS AGLOW below rural inset, woman in red walks front away from pump, cream & brown background

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed,
inside right top:-"BE HAPPINESS YOUR CHRISTMAS GUEST"
below:-WITH HEARTY CHRISTMAS GREETING AND BEST WISHES FROM
second right:-SINCE CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR, THEN MAY HIS VISIT CHEER YOU, AND MEMORIES GAY, OF EACH GLAD DAY FOR EVERMORE BE NEAR YOU.

Author

ANTONY TEMPLEMORE

Size

8 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

GLOWING WITH GOOD CHEER in gilt below rustic inset cottage interior, woman at table, printed lantern hangs left

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by thread, folded once, embossed, cream/brown background
inside first right:-CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND SINCERE GOOD WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR
second:-'TIS EVER IN MY KINDEST THOUGHT AT CHRISTMAS-TIDE I HOLD YOU - OH, MAY THE MYSTIC SPELL THAT'S WROUGHT, BY LOVE AND PEACE ENFOLD YOU

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

8.5 x 10.5 cm.

Categories

GREETINGS(G illuminated), above rural scene, 2 people on path by pond, green/white background

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by ribbon, folded once, embossed
inside first right:-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT NEW YEAR FROM
second:- IN THE VERY NAME OF CHRISTMAS THERE'S A SWEET AND POTENT SMELL THAT WILL AYE THE SENSE OF DISTANCE AND THE CHILL OF TIME DISPEL, AND I SEND A HEART-WARM GREETING ONCE AGAIN TO WISH YOU WELL

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

8.7 x 13 cm.

Categories

GREETINGS in gilt below couple in old style dress, KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment 3 serrated edges to oblong single sheet, single folded inside right top:-MAY CHRISTMAS BE HAPPY AND GAY. below:-MAY YOUR HEART THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING BE WITH CHRISTMAS BELLS IN TUNE AND AFFECTIONS FLOWER AROUND YOU OPEN LIKE THE ROSE IN JUNE Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 6.7 x 10.2 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card

HAPPY DAYS in gilt below inset of cottage interior, family at table below window, wide dark brown margins KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet ,folded once, embossed inside right top:- A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM below:-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, MAY YOUR HEART BE LIGHT AND GAY, IN TUNE WITH AL THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE GLAD AND GRACIOUS DAY. FROM same front title & image comes with different greetings inside Size 8.5 x 11.5 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card

HAPPY DAYS in gilt below inset of cottage interior, family at table below window, wide dark brown margins

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & single sheet secured by ribbon, folded once, embossed
inside first right:-TO WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM
second:-THE SUNNY GRACE OF CHRISTMAS-TIDE AGAIN IS STEALING O'ER THE LAND, AND I IN SPIRIT CLASP YOUR HAND AND PRAY, ALL JOY WITH YOU ABIDE.
same front title & image comes with different greetings inside

Size

8.5 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

HEALTH(illumimated), PEACE AND SWEET CONTENT BE YOURS, inset of cottage interior, older woman sitting by fire

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed, wide cream & brown marginal design
inside second left:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM
right:-OLD MEMORIES COME BACK TO ME - OLD TUNES MY HEART IS SINGING, AH, YULE, NO JOY CAN SWEETER BE THAN THOSE WHICH THOU ARE BRINGING! DO THOU THY BRIGHTEST GIFTS COMBINE, TO BLESS AND SHEER ALL FRIENDS OF MINE.

Size

9 x 11.5 cm.

Categories

HEARTY WISHES in gilt, inset of open cottage window, 2 people sitting by blazing fire, gilt pinecone above right KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single folded inside right top:- HOURS OF PERFECT GLADSOMENESS" below:-WITH BEST WISHES FOR A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS same image & front title comes with different greetings inside Author WORDSWORTH Size 13.3 x 8.2 cm. Categories Christmas Floral Greeting Card Pinecones

HEARTY WISHES in gilt, inset of open cottage window, 2 people sittinjg by blazing fire, gilt pinecone above right KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold, 3 narrow blue margins inside right top:-"LIFE AND SONG, SHOULD AWAY FROM HEART TO HEART" below:-A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM same image & front title comes with different greetings inside Author BROWNING Size 13.3 x 8.1 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card

HERE'S A BRIEF BUT HEARTY GREETING NOW THE GENIAL SEASONS HERE.....HAPPY YEAR

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

balance of front titles:-HOURLY JOYS BE STILL UPON YOU small inset 2 women
oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed
inside right top:- WISHING YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
below:- LET THIS CHRISTMAS GREETING TELL AND SPEAK MY WISH TONIGHT, MAY SWEET CONTENTMENT WITH YOU DWELL AND MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS BRIGHT.

Author

SHAKESPEARE, CLIFTON BINGHAM

Size

8.2 x 11.3 cm.

Categories

I AM AS MERRY AS A SCHOOLBOY A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE WORLD man stands besides parchment surrounded by holly KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover, single folded, embossed blank inside Author DICKENS Size 9 x 12.5 cm. Categories Christmas Floral Greeting Card Holly

I WISH THEE HEALTH, I WISH THEE WEALTH, AND MANY A MERRY DAY, AND A HAPPY HEART, TO PLAY THE PART ALONG THE GREAT HIGHWAY, child on mother's lap

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

quote at base on front "HEALTH, PEACE, SWEET CONTENT BE YOURS"
oblong single sheet, single fold, embossed
inside right top:- WISHING YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
below:-LET THIS CHRISTMAS GREETING TELL AND SPEAK MY WISH TO-NIGHT, MAY SWEET CONTENTMENT WITH YOU DWELL AND MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS BRIGHT.

Author

SHAKESPEARE

Size

8.3 x 11.4 cm.

Categories

JOY SPEED THE HOURS young girl stretches to change the time on Grand-father clock, sparce ivy left KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed, inside first right:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU FROM second:-A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU - MAY IT BRING YOU OCEANS MORE OF NEW PLEASURES AND NEW TREASURES, THAN IT EVER BROUGHT BEFORE. Author H.M. BURNSIDE Size 8.6 x 11.5 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card Ivy

MAY CHRISTMASSE BRINGE MERRIE HEARTE, old style spelling, inset of man in old style dress, brown background KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong single sheet, single fold inside right top:-"FRAME YOUR MIND TO MIRTH AND MERRIMENT, WHICH BARS A THOUSAND HARMS, AND LENGTHENS LIFE" below:-TO WISH YOU A RIGHT HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT NEW YEAR FROM Author SHAKESPEARE Size 10.8 x 13.5 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card New Year

MAY THE SUNSHINE NE'ER DEPART FROM THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART.....LIFE OF OURS, cottage interior, woman sits reading bible

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

complete front wording:-MAY THE SUNSHINE NE'ER DEPART FROM THE GARDEN OF YOUR HEART, BRINGING FORTH THE FAIREST FLOWERS THAT CAN BLESS THIS LIFE OF OURS.
below:-ALL GOOD BEFORTUNE YOU, AND EVERY DAY SOME RAY OF GOLDEN LIGHT FALL ON YOUR WAY (illuminated)
oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed,
inside left:- WITH EVERY GOOD WISH FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
right:- A BRIGHT NEW YEAR I WISH YOU - JOY LIKE A GOLDEN THREAD RUN THROUGH THE CHAIN OF HAPPY DAYS AS TIME FLEETS O'ER YOUR HEAD

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

8.2 x 118 cm.

Categories

MERRILY RING THE CHRISTMAS BELLS....HEART ABIDE designed circular inset, rural church, evening, & light brown margins

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

balanced of title:-MELODY SWEET THEIR MUSIC TELLS MERRY, FOR YOU, BE CHRISTMAS TIDE, MELODY IN YOUR HEART ABIDE
die-cut cover & single sheet, single folds, embossed
inside first left:- A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT NEW YEAR TO YOU
right:- WHAT A WEALTH OF JOY SPRINGS UP IN OUR HEARTS WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES ROUND AGAIN....YEARS TO COME

Size

9.5 x 12cm.

Categories

MERRY AND BRIGHT above perforated doorway through which children & blind-folded mother come front

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed, green margins
inside left :-black & white study of boy & girl pulling giant cracker FROM
right top:-LOVING CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.
below:-HERE'S MERRY CHRISTMAS COME AGAIN AND SO I WRITE IN GLADSOME STRAIN A LITTLE RHYME TO GREET YOU, WITH JOY AND FUN YOUR HOME RESOUND AND ONLY PLEASANT THINGS ABOUND AND SMILING FACES GREET YOU.

Author

H.M. BURNSIDE

Size

8.5 x 11 cm.

Categories

MERRY GREETINGS in gilt, skating mother & 2 children wave, large perforation, icy blue design around KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold, embossed inside right top:- TO WISH YOU A BRIGHT AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS. below:-MAY CHRISTMAS BRING YOU AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD CHEER, AND MAY IT CONTINUE ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. Size 8.7 x 1O.9 cm. Categories Children Christmas Greeting Card

OUR LIFE ON IT, BUT YOUR CHRISTMAS SHALL BE MERRY AND YOUR NEW YEAR A HAPPY ONE. A CHRISTMAS DINNER DICKENS holly surrounding title, bald man toasting with wine glass

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover, single folded, embossed
inside left:- WITH ALL GOOD WISHES FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A BRIGHT NEW YEAR
inside right:- CHRISTMAS IS NOT ONLY THE MILE-NARK OF ANOTHER YEAR, IT IS A SEASON FROM ALL ITS ASSOCIATIONS WHETHER DOMESTIC OR RELIGIOUS, SUGGESTING THOUGHTS OF JOY. WHO CAN BE INSENSIBLE TO THE OUTPOURINGS OF GOOD FEELING, WHICH ABOUND AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR? THERE SEEMS A MAGIC IN THE VERY NAME OF CHRISTMAS

Author

DICKENS

Size

8.7 x 12.7 cm.

Categories

REMEMBRANCE in gilt, couple in old style dress on either side of gate, she shows him flowers KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by ribbon, single fold inside top:-PLEASURE LEAD ON TO PLEASURE below:- WITH THE BEST OF ALL GOOD WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE COMING YEAR. Author R. L. STEVENSON Size 8.5 x 12.6 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card New Year

SWIFTLY (illuminated) KIND FORTUNE SPIN YOUR HEART'S DESIRE, woman in purple old style dress sits spinning

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed
inside left:-CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM
right:-SWEET BE YOUR MEMORIES OF THE PAST, ALL GENIAL JOYS THE PRESENT BLESS, AND NE'ER A SHADOW OVERCAST, THE FUTURE'S HOPE AND HAPPINESS. THUS RUNS MY WISH SINCERE AND GAY, FOR YOU AND YOURS THIS CHRISTMAS DAY.

Size

10.8 x 15.8 cm.

Categories

TO GREET YOU below right of girl standing in front of forget-me-not design KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment single sheet, unusual cut, double folds inside left:- SINCERE CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM right:- A WISH AS TRUE AS MY FLOWERS ARE BLUE Author J.C. Size 8.3 x 12.3 cm. Categories Christmas Floral Forgetme Nots Glamour Greeting Card

TOO FAST TO LAST! SLOW UP FOR A MERRY SEASON below personised sun, 4 blacks race downhill

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold, embossed, 3 narrow grey margins
inside right top:-A JOLLY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
WHATSOEVER SORT OF FATE MAY, ON OTHER PEOPLE WAIT AUGHT TO FRET YOU, OR UPSET YOU, MAY YOU NEVER MEET! BUT, IN JOLLY FORTUNE'S RACE MAY YOU GO A HEADLONG PACE!
AND FOR EVER, CLEAN AND CLEVER, "LIGHT UPON YOUR FEET!"

Size

10.5 x 11.3 cm.

Categories

WITH BEST WISHES in gilt, 4 people in old style dress in antique car driving left, berried holly KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold, embossed inside first right:-"TIDINGS DO I BRING, AND LUCKY JOYS, AND GOLDEN TIMES" second:-SINCERE WISHES FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM Author SHAKESPEARE Size 13.5 x 8.5 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card Holly

WITH LOVE in gilt below 3 girls hanging up Christmas stockings

KED&KGV Saxony

Item Comment

oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single fold,embossed,
inside top right :-A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS
below:-MAY TODAY BE SO SWEET AND SO GAY THAT T'WILL 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.
same image postcard C 218

Artist

A.L.B. (A. Bowley)

Size

7.6 x 10.2 cm.

Categories

WITH LOVE person places mail into postage box KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & single sheet, single fold, embossed, inside right:- TO WISH YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS. A HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU - MAY IT BRING YOU OCEANS MORE OF NEW PLEASURES AND NEW TREASURES, THAN IT EVER BROUGHT BEFORE FROM Size 8.2 x 11.4 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card Holly

WITH MY TO-LIPS GREETINGS in white below dutch girl holding basket of tulips in front of window KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & sheet secured by thread, single folds, embossed, inside right 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 Floral Greeting Card New Year Tulips

WITH THE SEAS-ON'S GREETINGS below caricature of Dutchman with telescope & dog, looking out to sea, green background KED&KGV Saxony
	Item Comment oblong cover & single sheet, single fold, embossed, inside right:- WITH EVERY GOOD WISH FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM LESLIE & NORMAN. Size 8.8 x 11.5 cm. Categories Christmas Greeting Card New Year

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