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Life's fairest lot be thine
Valentine front composed of two layers of silvered lace-paper with paper springs at the corners and with a central oval frame around an aperture mounted on paper springs and decorated with gold lace-paper leaves and with glittered gold textile leaves at the four corners. A gold, tinsel urn filled with flowers of embossed and hand-coloured flowers at the centre mounted on a panel of pale gold silk. A printed motto below: "Life's fairest lot be thine".
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Accession number: P.14342-R-15
Primary reference Number: 206495
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
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Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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