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Valentine card: P.14411-R-75

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Valentine card

Maker(s)

Publisher: Mullord Bros.

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Description

Embossed lace-paper with white and silver lace-paper frame mounted on paper springs decorated at each corner with gauze and fabric leaves and chromolithographed scraps of roses and books and white doves bearing letters. Other chromolithographed scraps affixed to the frame at centre left and right. A large embossed and chromolithgraphed bouquet of flowers at the centre with integrated flaps which lift up to reveal printed messages and mottoes relating to the 'language of flowers': "Purity" (lily of the valley); "You occupy my thoughts." (violets); "Forget-me-not" (forget-met-nots); "Thou are all that is lovely." (rose). MULLORD BROS. stamped at lower centre (viewed from verso). The inside pages are blank.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1840 - Circa 1880

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Chromolithography
Collage

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14411-R-75
Primary reference Number: 214705
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 14 February 2017 Updated: Friday 26 January 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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