35.00 USD
Lot of two young ladies dangling cherries as per convo.
On the reverse of these cards, the words "Service Militaire" were written over the stamp box, implying to us that no postage was due on the mailing to active military, or service personnel. We suspect this card was printed in the early 1910s, possibly mailed to Brussels, Belgium during the First World War.
We sold one of these cards a couple of years ago, and now we've found two more from the series to list in the shop, all addressed in the same neat hand.
We haven't found any direct mention of images in which a woman holds two cherries near her mouth (or sometimes in her mouth by the stems) though we've seen lots of them, but because we've occasionally run across images of couples kissing, each with a cherry in their mouth, both cherries connected by their stems, we're thinking this image can be read as an invitation to a kiss!
Sometimes we've also found series out of the same era titled "Cherry Ripe," or "Cherries Ripe," picturing a "pretty young thing" eating cherries, or holding a basket of them and smiling coquettishly. So, it would seem that the young lady with cherries was a popular theme of the period suggestive of romance.
This beautifully hand-colored image is supposed to be of a young woman still of school age by her costume and braids, probably printed in Germany as so many postcards of that time were, but bears no publisher markings. A very nice card!
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully-insured, first class shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will not charge for postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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