I framed my favorite card and photographed it through the glass to share with you. I preserved the inside of the card by affixing it to the back of the framed artwork.
The scene on the front is a small hand-colored lithograph of an old woman smoking a pipe and walking a pig through the snow. She is wrapped in a red shawl and has a basket of something on her back. There is a small cottage in the background with smoke coming out of the chimney. Maybe that is more firewood in the basket. The leash for the pet pig is nothing but a string tied in a bow around its hind leg.
Signed lower left: Ethel Parkinson
The caption hand lettered in gold says,
"MAY YE NIVER WANT AUGHT NOR A FRIEND TO SHARE IT WI YE"
The card is small, measuring 4.5" x 2.75" ~ see inside greeting below.
To: All Readers of my Blog
MY WISH
May God's twin stars of Hope and Happiness
Your Christmas brighten
And your New Year will bless.
From: Rosemary and Webster
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9 comments:
Perhaps it is firewood and a new little piglet bestowed upon her by a neighbor as a Yuletide gift.She will travel back to her cottage and there shall be warmth once again.
From my humble cottage to yours have a wonderful New Year and the best for 2009.
Susan
I just love the sentiment of yore. What a beautiful wish, hoping for the same for you in 2009.
I love this post - that you found these treasures - that you were sensitive enough to frame this - the whole package !! I have been awed by your blog
HAPPY NEW YEAR
I love treasures found in a drawer......and the little piglet!
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year, Rosemary! Your blog is beautiful and inspiring! All the best to you and yours in 2009!
What a lovely (and lucky!) find. A whole desk full of old paper?! I'd be beside myself! Thanks for sharing this one and its sentiments with us. Have yourself a Very Happy New Year. (and "woof" to Webster!)
BTW: Loved your little Christmas tree from a few posts back (but was TOO busy at the time to say so) and everything about that photo... the desk, the art, the wall, the ornaments, the scarf-as-a-skirt. Warm and happy and very pretty.
Catching up with your blog today and enjoying all that you have *discovered* to share with readers here.
As to the ephemera filled desk--what a find!! An antique desk full of unwanted paper and photos and cards! I wonder which was the more treasured--the desk itself, or what was inside it?
Guess what I have in my house right now? "The River" from Netflix and I hope to watch it either tonight or Sat.
I love the lithograph as much as you Rosemary & the sentiments are delightful. Thank you dear for another year of wonderful posts, always fun & informative. You always make me feel so welcome here at The Cottage.
Millie ^_^
Maybe what she is carrying is peat, for the fire. That was used a lot, back in the day. Glad she has a little friend to keep her company.
Lovely post, as always.
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