Card, valentine card

Single cobweb, beehive or flowercage valentine's card with a central handcoloured lithographed print of a floral bouquet cut into circular strips and a centrally applied cotton thread. When pulled, the thread raises the cut paper to produce a cobweb or cage effect revealing beneath a printed roundel decorated with an engraving of a dancing cupid. Above and below the rose is printed an eight line love verse. On the back of the top sheet is handwritten a three stanza love verse dated 14th Feb 1840. The back of the card also acts as an envelope and includes the recipients name and address 'Miss Eliza Hamilton care of Mrs J. Hamilton No 21 St Andrew Square Glasgow'. Two postmarks are also evident on the envelope.