The Jane Austen Christmas Keepsake
£12.00
Traditional, 18th century, Keepsake. Blank for your festive message, then to be folded and given or kept. Design featuring Jane’s letters and all that is Christmas during the Regency era.
Contains two keepsakes, instructions and one practice sheet.
ABOUT THIS DESIGN
During Jane Austen’s life, Christmas as celebrated with family gatherings, feasts and evergreen boughs around the home.
This Keepsake shows illustrations from the ‘Twelve days of Christmas’ arranged like a miniature jeu de mIJmoire. The original carol, first printed around 1780 was less a song and more a children’s game—a counting and forfeits rhyme.
On the inside you will find four of the splendid houses from the novels, and the characters walking up to celebrate Christmas together.
There is also a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra. She wishes her a ‘merry Christmas, but no compliments of the season’. Compliments of the Season was the stuffy formal festive greeting of the time and naturally Jane Austen doesn’t buy into it.
Your order will be packed by hand and dispatched via Royal Mail within 1-2 working days.
Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery. All items must be unused and returned in their original packaging.
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