Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Cupid's Card Rack
Handfinished Valentine's card with white lace paper border embossed with shell design surrounding central oval panel. Handwritten on the panel is 'Cupid's Card Rack for every day in the year'. Applied below are seven oval shaped flower embossed 'scraps' with gilded borders, each printed with a different motto such as 'Remember me', 'Be Mine' and 'Yours forever'. Above each scrap is handwritten a different day of the week. Each scrap is also flanked by a silver embossed flower leaf. At the bottom of the motif is a cream satin bow secured by a silver paper leaf.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/441
- Object name:
- Cupid's Card Rack
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Dobbs Kidd and Company
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- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, ink, cotton, metal foil
- Measurements/duration:
- H 143 mm, W 93 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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