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A boxed valentine: P.14611-R

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A boxed valentine

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A boxed sachet valentine. A large sachet of white padded silk with 'frame' of silver lace-paper contained inside a shallow white cardboard box with a lid. Two ribbons of white silk are tied across an oval panel of cream lace-paper which is mounted with a collage of cut-paper and chromolithographed flowers and leaves with real grasses and hand-painted additions. A circular chromolithographed scrap with motto affixed at lower centre: 'To Me / Thou Art / Dear'. The verso is backed with white, coated paper. A price is inscribed in graphite: '6/- [6 shillings]'. A small white sticker with 'Valentine' printed in black ink is affixed onto the verso at upper centre. The base of the box is lined with white lace-paper around the edges. An inscription in graphite on the lid: '2 large Satchet [sic] Valentines / 12/6'. The inscription possibly relates also to P.14610-R. Several inscriptions on the verso of the base; handwritten in graphite and possibly relating to the original sender/recipient: 'Fa [...]-Ma[..] / S.W. Hotel'; handwritten in black ink, a mathematical calculation (Glaisher's hand?).

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

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1870

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14611-R
Primary reference Number: 215556

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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