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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
Heart-shaped card with silvered embossed lace-paper front sheet of a flower garland design with a collage of dark blue silk leaves, green feathers and silver and gold tinsel ornaments. A fabric leaf is mounted at upper left (right-hand leaf is missing) with printed medallion on a paper spring with the motto: "Forget me not." The front sheet is mounted on paper springs to a second layer of lace-paper. A window at the centre contains a chromolithographed flower arrangment within a heart-shaped frame of gilt embossed paper. The back paper is inscribed with a handwritten dedication: "Ever your [...] / [?J] S H." Almost identical to another card, P.14411-R-43, mounted onto the same album leaf. Both cards use the same silvered embossed design, but with different scraps and collage elements.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
1850
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1860
Accession number: P.14411-R-45
Primary reference Number: 214675
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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