ANTIQUE 1875 CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS HOLY CARD W LETTER CHROMO LITHO, HAND DECORATED

Description: This listing is for a gorgeous piece - it is a holy card with letter inside. The holy card is the front of a die cut, heavily embossed, decorated envelope, holding a souvenir "memorial" inside. The letter is addressed to "youth", I think. Or a youth. There is a hand written piece at the bottom. The front is a child "dresden" piece - bright color lithography that has been lacquered to make it shiny. It is surrounded by a red embossed oval of corrugated paper (I think. It might be fabric). There are little tin stars around the corrugated red frame. The red frame is in the center of the embossed envelope. The envelope is highly embossed with gilt all over the place. The envelope has been torn open, probably by the original recipient. The litter inside has a black and white print on a highly embossed thin piece of paper. The paper is fragile VERY fragile. The whole thing is fragile. It's another example of "how do these things survive". It is written all in German. It is an amazing piece, that won't disappoint. I tried to use "Translate" to figure out what the letter says, and I got, I think, the gist. This would be a VERY rough translation, and may or may not have anything to do with what the letter actually says. I wasn't able to translate the handwritten part at the bottom - I couldn't really make out the letters. "For souvenirs taken as a memorial by women, in the covenant of Christians, taken in memorial by the women in the Federation of Christ, keep the people, and keep your mediator in prayer at all times." "O thanks to your youth, blameless is the child's mind, and as a blessing, heavenly blessings stay with you." "Consider this content and think"...

Price: 69 USD

Location: New Port Richey, Florida

End Time: 2024-10-20T15:01:03.000Z

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