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. | 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 these comic British tea leaf postcards were intended to be sent as greetings, they can also be used by fledgling tasseomancers as [[How_To_Read_Tea_Leaves#Study_Cups|study cups]] on the way to learning [[A Basic List of Tea Leaf Symbols|a basic list of tea leaf symbols]]. | Although these comic British tea leaf postcards were intended to be sent as greetings, they can also be used by fledgling tasseomancers as [[How_To_Read_Tea_Leaves#Study_Cups|study cups]] on the way to learning [[A Basic List of Tea Leaf Symbols|a basic list of tea leaf symbols]]. | ||
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| + | [[File:Bamforth-tea-leaf-fortune-coming-to-see-us-1930-postcard.jpg|600px|center|thumb|A Bamforth comic postcard, circa 1930, showing the image of an approaching figure in the tea leaves]] | ||
| + | [[File:Bamforth-tea-leaf-fortune-good-luck-1930.jpg|400px|center|thumb|A Bamforth comic postcard, circa 1930, showing the image of a black cat in the tea leaves]] | ||
| + | [[File:Bamforth-tea-leaf-fortune-have-a-cup-1930.jpg|400px|center|thumb|A Bamforth comic postcard, circa 1930, showing the image of an arriving visitor]] | ||
Revision as of 02:32, 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 these comic British tea leaf postcards were intended to be sent as greetings, they can also be used by fledgling tasseomancers as study cups on the way to learning a basic list of tea leaf symbols.
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