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Valentine card
Publisher: Rock & Co.
A leaf of embossed, die-cut paper of a design of flowers in and around an urn with scroll handles with applied gold leaf and hand colouring. At the centre of the urn is a collage of green linen leaves and cut-paper, hand-coloured flowers with an embossed, uncoloured paper Cupid ornament. Around the collage is a frame of silver lace-paper mounted onto paper springs. Part of the frame and two springs are lost at upper centre and centre left. The gilt embossed paper, probably formerly the front paper of a valentine, is mounted onto a larger 8vo leaf of pink wove paper which has an embossed design at the centre and is stamped: 'Rock & Co.' (viewed from the verso). 'U' written in graphite at upper left of the pink wove paper secondary support. Similar inscriptions/markings in graphite are found on other cards in the same album.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century
Circa
1850
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Circa
1860
Accession number: P.14414-R-97
Primary reference Number: 215088
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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