Vintage Halloween Greeting Card with Jack-o'-Lantern & Fortune Telling
Text on Card
HALLOWE'EN May fate reveal By candle's gleam your own True love on Hallowe'en
Description
An eerie mystique emanates from this enchanting Victorian-era Halloween greeting card, capturing the mystical spirit of late 19th-century Samhain celebrations. The composition features a hand mirror framed in gold, revealing a young woman's face and, reflected behind her, a second face visible in a standing mirror within the scene. The border is adorned with classic Halloween iconography: glowing jack-o'-lanterns, a draped ghostly figure with outstretched arms, flying bats, and a glowing jack-o'-lantern at the top. A candle is visible at the bottom of the mirror scene. The chromolithography showcases colorful work in golds, oranges, blues, and greens. The accompanying verse invites romantic fortune-telling by candlelight, a popular parlor game among Victorian youth during the Halloween season.
Subjects
jack-o'-lanterns, woman's face, mirror, hand mirror, ghost or draped figure, bats, candle, fortune-telling
Printing Notes
Hand-tinted chromolithograph with embossed gold accents and detailed scalloped border design
