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Valentine card
Publisher: Windsor & Sons
A cameo-embossed valentine with a front paper of two layers, the first mounted on paper springs to the second. The valentine is oriented as landscape and the embossed paper design is of a grotto with sea shells and coral and Cupids on lace-paper boats at upper centre. The upper layer of paper has three windows, the central window containing a silver embossed classical archway with fluted columns. The central arch contains a watercolour scene of a church with trees represented by real moss, which is painted onto the white wove back paper. Two embossed white paper fairy ornaments with lace-paper wings are positioned inside the two windows at left and right which are backed with purple paper and surmounted with identical embossed flower scraps. At lower centre is a collage of gilt, embossed paper fern fronds with white linen leaves and a flower scrap with the motto: 'AFFECTION'S OFFERING'. 'WINDSOR' and a lozenge containing letters and roman numerals are stamps on the lower layer at lower right. A Diamond Mark (1842-1883) sometimes accompanies valentines made by Windsor & Sons in addition to the name stamp. A hand-written inscription on the album leaf: '[arrow pointing towards lower right of valentine] marked'.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1860
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Circa
1880
Watercolour
Chromolithography
Collage
Accession number: P.14417-R-82
Primary reference Number: 215311
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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