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Postcard 1900s St Patrick's Day "All Hail to Patrick's Morn" Embossed Gold
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Pre-linen · 1908

Postcard 1900s St Patrick's Day "All Hail to Patrick's Morn" Embossed Gold

Unknown (American market)1908Pre-linenGood

Richly embossed and gilded, this Edwardian-era St. Patrick's Day greeting dazzles with its layered chromolithographic design: at center, a luminous vignette of an idyllic Irish village — whitewashed cottages, a steepled church, rolling green hills — is framed by an Art Nouveau-influenced border of raised gold shamrocks and intricate lattice-work, while lush red and orange pansies cascade from the upper right corner against the vivid emerald-green ground. Red foil accents at left and right edges add a festive shimmer. The greeting "All Hail to Patrick's Morn" is lettered in gold below the central scene. This type of heavily embossed, multi-technique card — combining die-cut floral appliqué, metallic foil, and gold embossing — represents the pinnacle of German chromolithographic craft produced for the American holiday market, c.1905–1912. Unposted; edges show mild age-related wear but the embossing and color remain vivid.

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PC-02266 · Unknown (German printer)
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