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Three-dimensional valentine card: P.14614-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Three-dimensional valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Meek, George

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Description

A large, quarto-size three-dimensional valentine of silver lace-paper with a large, three-dimensional bouquet of fabric leaves and flowers, including pale pink roses, daisies, purple flowers and white tree blossom, in addition to real moss and green feathers. The remains of a green, embossed, chromolithographed scrap with printed motto: 'Con[stan]cy' is affixed at lower centre. MEEK stamped onto the paper at lower centre. The interior is blank.

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 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Applied textile
Chromolithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14614-R
Primary reference Number: 215559
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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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