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Handmade Greeting Card - from L Kershaw

Unknown
Subcollections
Ephemera
Overview

Two handmade items:

1. Card:
(a) front page has wording inside curling banners, and in the centre is embroidered wording with floral pattern and horseshoe. Along the spine is a pastel green ribbon.
(b) inside card, is a paper insert with blue printed text, and a personal signature in black ink

2. Box: white cardboard box with lid which stores the greeting card. A pencil handwritten message is on the top of lid

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2025.37
Item type
Embroidery
Ephemera
Handcrafts
Themes
Art and Design
Leisure
Recreation
Social History
Material
Cardboard
Cotton
Paper
Ribbon
Width
115 mm
Height or length
170 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Item 1: Inside of greeting card:
Typed verse - "Loving greetings now are spoken and this card my wish shall bear be thy peace and joy unbroken, Be thy future blest and fair.
Wishing you a very bright and happy new year"
Underneath text, a handwritten greeting "from Len Kershaw with best wishes"

Item 2: On lid of box:
Handwritten in pencil - "Mrs C Bull, Ellis Creek"

Keywords
Greetings Card/
Primary significance criteria
Artistic or aesthetic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Last modified
Friday, 5 June, 2026
Completeness
72
Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

Greeting card and box
Greeting card - front
Top of box
Inside of Greeting Card
Remembrance Card
Handwritten name on Card Box

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