Printed Ephemera — 1860-1879
Card, valentine card
Handfinished valentine's card of cream lace paper with embossed floral and leaf design surrounding a central panel. Applied to the panel a cream satin bow and a silver paper gilded bell. A handwritten message incorporates the applied decoration. 'Dear------I am lead to know that you most sadly want a [bow] How fortunate! for strange to tell I just as sadly want a [bell]'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/499
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Dobbs Kidd and Company
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- Production date:
- 1860-1879
- Material:
paper, ink, textile, metal foil
- Measurements/duration:
- H 174 mm, W 115 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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