Historical information

This is an example of a wedding gift wishing good luck to the bride and groom with the horseshoe shape signifying luck.

Physical description

Horseshoe-shaped wedding memento with a red velvet backing glued onto carboard. Two intertwined cream-coloured horseshoes in centre with floral imagery. Glitter inscription at top of the two horseshoes and on one of the horseshoes. Violets on the top horseshoe signifying everlasting love and loyalty for the bride. The back of the memento has a fold-out stand.

Inscriptions & markings

On front: 'GOOD LUCK / TO /YOU'.
On back behind stand, handwritten: ' From P.A.E. / To Mary / 189 ?J ?'