The Perfect Consomme Antique British Hand-painted Postcard fun sign which shows age and wear

which shows age and wear

which reinforces my belief they are sterling

in big stylized letters

features wonderful full page caricatures of "the sovereigns" of the era by Portuguese painter and caricaturist Tomás Júlio Leal da Câmara (1876-1948)

deep red lips

The Perfect Consomme Antique British Hand-painted Postcard fun sign which shows age and wearDefinitely one of my favorite old hand painted postcards I've found, and making me hungry! The wonderfully painted, sprawling bounty of produce certainly covers all the bases for making a beautiful broth, and then there it is, at near left, served up in a consomme cup decorated with what I'd guess is meant to be a coat of arms, and with a fantastic yellow halo or crown around it! Ta da! The painting, earlyish 20th century, is signed JD at bottom