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A Blessing: P.14417-R-44

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Blessing
Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Mullord Bros.

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Description

A small sachet valentine of white, coated paper with a silver embossed design on four sides which opens like a book and is attached through holes in the album leaf with the original ribbon tie, meaning that both recto and verso are visible. On the recto: A central oval embossed panel is decorated with a scrap of a yellow rose containing a boy (same as on verso). Inside on the left: an oval window contains a silk panel with an embroidered title and verse in purple thread: 'A / Blessing / May the blessing of / God await thee - the sun / of glory shine around thy / bed ; and may the gates of / plenty, honour, and happi- / ness, be ever open to thee! ...'. Inside on the right: a panel of white padded silk is decorated with a scrap of pansies and sealed letter. The padding presumably contains cotton wool which would originally have been impregnanted with perfume. On the verso: A central oval embossed panel is decorated with a scrap of a yellow rose containing a boy (same as on recto). Stamped on the verso: 'MULLORD 413'. Mounted with three other sachet valentines on the same album leaf.

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

Applied textile
Embroidery
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14417-R-44
Primary reference Number: 215273

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 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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