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Valentine card
Publisher: Mullord Bros.
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.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1840
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1880
Accession number: P.14343-R-26
Primary reference Number: 214092
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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