Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
Card, valentine card
Handfinished Valentine's card comprising a sheet of cream lace paper with embossed flower wreath surrounding a plain oval panel. Applied to the panel are a pair of cut out paper love birds perched on an embossed paper branch with paper leaves. Entitled 'A pair of love birds' the image of the birds flaps down to reveal below an embossed paper cut out head of a man and an oval shaped mirror with the message 'Two heads are better than one'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 34.170/530
- Object name:
- card, valentine card
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Dobbs Kidd and Company
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- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, ink, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 193 mm, W 122 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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