A decorative still-life arrangement: a footed bowl holding a pineapple, dark bunches of grapes and rosy apples or peaches, with a purple fish below at left and small pink root vegetables (radishes or turnips) with leaves at lower right. The picture is worked in deep die-pressed relief rather than flat printing, a style of embossed novelty card popular in the early 1900s, when such relief ornaments were sold and mailed as small decorative gifts.
Postcard Details
Message · Swedish, in pen
Er kommen 5 brev från din vän
Dagny Tagren
Torsdag June 13 1909
Translation
There have come 5 letters from your friend
Dagny Tagren
Thursday June 13 1909
Deep embossed/die-pressed relief with hand-coloured accents; no border; light foxing and surface soiling; small crease at upper right corner; faint pencil squiggle at upper left (not a message).
Postmark: [illegible] 14 8 PM 1910 MINN. Divided-back embossed card; Swedish message written sideways along left edge; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Embossed still life of fruit, fish and radishes, circa 1905, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/embossed-still-life-of-fruit-fish-and-radishes-circa-1905. Accessed October 24, 2026.
