Vintage Halloween Witch Greeting Card | Victorian Era Flying Broomstick
Text on Card
A Halloween Wish
Description
An ornamental decorative border with delicate corner flourishes frames this enchanting Halloween greeting card, which showcases a witch soaring through moonlit skies piloting a large corn cob fitted with bat-like wings and a broomstick at the rear, used as a rudder or tail. The witch wears a pink/crimson cape and pointed hat. A luminous full moon appears on the left, and the planet Saturn is visible in the upper background against a deep blue sky with clouds. The refined printing techniques exemplified by the border capture the playful spirit of early American holiday celebrations. The greeting reads 'A Halloween Wish.'
Subjects
witch, corn cob vehicle, broomstick, moon, Saturn, Halloween, flight, bat wings
Printing Notes
Features decorative ornamental borders with Art Nouveau-influenced corner medallions typical of 1890s greeting card production.
