no words on silk
- shamrock & symbol of Good Luck

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

Reference Number:- Godden Number:- Sprake Number:-
sa 650 No Alpha Cards listed
by Godden
No Alpha Cards listed
by Sprake
 

 
Alpha series postcard with no woven words, just cross design and shamrock, with printed title and words below silk
 
 
printed at top of card:-
 
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS.
 
 
 
woven on silk:-
 
 
 
 
{Good Luck cross symbol & shamrock}
 
 
 
printed at bottom of card:-
 
Christmas dawns again, for time must onward move;
Oh ! may your future years be full of hope and love.

 
 
The "Alpha" Series. London, E.C.2.
SILK WOVEN IN ENGLAND.
 

Recorded by John High in his unpublished list
Size:
card:
cm long by cm deep

silk:
cm long by cm deep

Comments:
At the time of the original design and making of this silk postcard, the central cross design was considered a symbol of good luck - it being a very ancient and worldwide emblem representing the sun. [Derived from sanskrit - svasti, meaning Well Being: and su, meaning good, with asti, meaning he is]. Only later was the spelling changed and it became associated with a very different ideology.
 

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