A wonderfully unusual 1920s New Year postcard, featuring a tiny bride and groom setting off together beneath an enormous sweep of red carpet.

The wonderfully surreal image shows two little doll-like figures dressed as newlyweds, the bride carrying her bouquet and the groom complete with top hat, standing at the foot of a grand staircase. Beneath them is the simple greeting:

“Good Health and Good Luck in the New Year.”

The reverse is just as lovely, filled with faded handwritten correspondence, an original red one penny stamp and a clear 22 December 1920 postmark. It was sent to Miss J. Osborne in Tollesbury, Essex.

Printed by British Manufacture, No. 222 X.

A particularly charming piece of early twentieth-century ephemera, with that slightly strange, dreamlike quality that makes old postcards so appealing. Lovely displayed as it is, tucked into a collection, framed, or used as inspiration for an assemblage.

Details

• Original vintage postcard

• Postmarked 22 December 1920

• Bride and groom doll illustration

• “Good Health and Good Luck in the New Year”

• Original one penny stamp

• Handwritten and addressed verso

• British manufacture

• No. 222 X

• Over 100 years old

The postcard is in genuine antique condition with age-related wear, marks, softened corners and some surface wear, all part of its history and character. Please see photographs for condition.

One original postcard supplied.