Vintage Blank Gilded Floral Postcard Ephemera, Happy Mail, Gallery Wall

📸 Front (Image & Verse) Design: Embossed pansies with shimmering metallic gold background. Verse: Quotation from poet Catherine Phillips: “Thick waters show no images of things; Friends are each other’s mirrors, and should be Clearer than crystal, or the mountain-springs And free from clouds, design or flattery.” Printing: Chromolithograph with raised embossing, c. 1908–1912. Style: Art Nouveau floral design (flowing organic lines, painterly blossoms, metallic accents). ✉️ Back (Details) Divided back with “Post Card” in serif decorative font. Stamp box: U.S./Canada 1¢, Foreign 2¢ → places it in the pre-WWI divided back era (1907–1915). Embossing visible from the front flowers carries through to the back. Card number 3322 lower left front. 📝 Condition: Good overall, but may show natural signs of age like paper discoloration or wear on the edges and corners. Great for: 📮 Sending actual snail mail with retro flair 📓 Junk journaling, scrapbooks & mixed-media art 🖼️ Framing for home décor or gallery walls ✒️ Collecting for the historical value