Fortune Telling Postcards by Bamforth
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Bamforth was a popular British publisher of comic postcards. Some of them deal with the vagaries of fortune telling, and some specifically skewer the symbology of taseeomancy or tea leaf reading. Although they were not pubished as such, Bamforth tea cup postcards can also be used as study cups. | Bamforth was a popular British publisher of comic postcards. Some of them deal with the vagaries of fortune telling, and some specifically skewer the symbology of taseeomancy or tea leaf reading. Although they were not pubished as such, Bamforth tea cup postcards can also be used as study cups. | ||
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<i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | <i><b>catherine yronwode</b><br>curator, historian, and docent | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [[Tea Leaf Symbols in Art]] | * [[Tea Leaf Symbols in Art]] | ||
| - | * [[ | + | * [[Tea Leaf Reading in Art]] |
| + | * [[Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services]] | ||
| + | * [http://www.mystictearoom.com/lamadama.html Harry Roseland's Fortune Teller Art] | ||
| + | * [[Tea Company Booklets|Tea Company Booklet Art]] | ||
| + | * [[The Ceylonese Tea-Plucker in Art]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Tea Leaf Art]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Instructions in Tasseomancy]] | ||
Revision as of 02:10, 26 December 2020
Bamforth was a popular British publisher of comic postcards. Some of them deal with the vagaries of fortune telling, and some specifically skewer the symbology of taseeomancy or tea leaf reading. Although they were not pubished as such, Bamforth tea cup postcards can also be used as study cups.
catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
