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Valentine card: P.14343-R-57

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Unknown

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Description

A small piece of white card onto which a lace-paper frame is attached with paper springs, at the centre of which is an oval-shaped flower wreath frame of gilded, embossed paper and a glazed chromolithographed scrap of flowers at the centre. A cut-out of a pink rose above and a motto below: 'May joy ne'er wither'.

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

Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14343-R-57
Primary reference Number: 214123
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Monday 29 May 2017 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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