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Valentine card: P.14343-R-26

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Mullord Bros.

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Description

Silver lace-paper in the design of a rectangular frame, lithographic scraps of flowers and Cupids at lower left and right. Inside the frame, a lithographic cut-out on embossed paper of a bouquet of flowers (roses, forget-me-nots, lily of the valley, violets) lifts up to reveal a pair of doors cut into the lace-paper. The doors have not fully detached from the paper and there is nothing behind them. 'Mullord' blind-stamped onto the paper at lower centre. The inside of the card is blank. The card is in its original position in the album but has become has become detached from the page.

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

Dating

19th Century
1840 - 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14343-R-26
Primary reference Number: 214092
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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