A snow-covered cottage stands beside a river at sunset, a lone figure rowing a small boat in the foreground. Sprays of holly with red berries frame the scene, and "Merry Christmas" appears in ornamental lettering at the upper left. The view is a printed vignette rather than a photograph, the sort of embossed chromolithograph that German presses supplied in large numbers to the American holiday trade in the years before the First World War.
Light border around the image; holly-and-berry decorative frame; no publisher imprint on the front. Divided back; embossed chromo stock printed in Germany; MAB monogram in diamond at lower left of back with series lines 'No. 15853. Chromo emb. Dessin 5.' and 'No. 15854. gel.Gold.'; unused, no postmark or handwriting.
Cite this card
Merry Christmas, winter cottage and rowboat with holly border, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/merry-christmas-winter-cottage-and-rowboat-with-holly-border. Accessed November 13, 2026.
