Rare! Antique Victorian Advertising Trade Card - Chef Luring Large Duck with a chef's knife behind his back.
During their time these collectible cards were used for advertising, collecting and scrapbooking. Still today they are treasured by many and collected for reasons such as gift giving, DIY, framing, ornament making, collecting and more.
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Measures: 4 1/4" x 2 3/4"
Condition:
From a smoke free home. This rare antique advertising trade card comes from a collection handed down. Very well preserved in a clear plastic sleeve. The piece has been cut out so the advertising information is missing and the back shows use as a scrapbooking piece. See photos.
A bit of personal history about old Advertising Trade Cards, Scrapbook Cutouts, Die Cuts, Lithos, Chromolithographs etc.
My mother and grandmother grew up poor, as did many others who endured the Great Depression. These hard times made them cherish even the smallest “gifts,” including these wonderful trade cards, that companies gave away.
In the notebook/scrapbook my mother put together of her most treasured trade cards and die cuts she wrote, “I think I could sit and look at this book all day.” It wasn’t just the beautiful artistry companies put in to their advertisements, it was the memories and feelings they evoked, such as the taste of coffee brewed on a wood stove, or the smell of her mother’s perfume or laundry soap.
While I will never sell my mother’s cherished trade cards, I have had the opportunity to find more in the many estate sales and auctions I have frequented, and I am happy to be able to offer them to you so you can experience the same joys my mother and so many others of bygone eras.
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