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Life's fairest lot be thine: P.14342-R-15

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Titles

Life's fairest lot be thine

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Description

Valentine front composed of two layers of silvered lace-paper with paper springs at the corners and with a central oval frame around an aperture mounted on paper springs and decorated with gold lace-paper leaves and with glittered gold textile leaves at the four corners. A gold, tinsel urn filled with flowers of embossed and hand-coloured flowers at the centre mounted on a panel of pale gold silk. A printed motto below: "Life's fairest lot be thine".

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Embossing

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14342-R-15
Primary reference Number: 206495

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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