Printed Ephemera — 1860-1880
My Sweet Valentine
Incomplete valentine's card comprising two identical sheets of lace paper embossed with a corner design of fountains and vases of flowers. The top sheet has an open central area, the undersheet has a filled central panel with applied decoration of a gilded paper wedding ring and a silver embossed paper pillar surrounded by a wreath of cotton fabric and blue paper flowers and embossed green paper leaves. The top sheet also has an applied paper motto printed 'My Sweet Valentine'. The card is incomplete as it does not have a back or inner sheet.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- A28549/98
- Object name:
- My Sweet Valentine
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
17 Wilderness Row, Clerkenwell, London [Islington], Islington
- Production date:
- 1860-1880
- Material:
paper, ink, cotton, metal foil
- Measurements/duration:
- H 178 mm, W 120 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:
- —
- License this image:
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