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Valentine card
Publisher: Unknown
A valentine of white lace-paper with central leaf-shaped window backed with white silk and mounted with silk leaves and cut-paper hand-coloured flowers with hand-painted stems and leaves. A silver dove ornament is affixed at upper centre. Remnants of paper at lower centre indicate a loss, probably of a paper scroll with verse or motto. The interior is blank. The valentine has been folded twice.
Bequeathed by Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, 1928
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Watercolour
Applied textile
Hand colouring
Accession number: P.14567-R
Primary reference Number: 215512
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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