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DOBBS & CO.
Three embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, one stamp marked Dobbs, another stamp marked Dobbs, Kidd & Co', all with hand-coloured floral details, one with a double layer of paperlace applied to the centre lifting to reveal the hand-written words 'Next time you see me say you love me', with a manuscript poem inside 'To Jane', another card entitled 'A Prize/Worth seeking for', with an envelope applied to the centre containing a piece of paper folded 10 times, each fold with a clue leading onto the next one 'Go on Looking. Oh how silly not to find it. Perhaps it is under here. You have not found it yet. Pray put on your spectacles. Will you give it up? The last time of asking. Try again. Ah! you have found a match a last', the last fold containing a match, 7 x 4in., c. 1840-60. (3)
Three embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, one stamp marked Dobbs, another stamp marked Dobbs, Kidd & Co', all with hand-coloured floral details, one with a double layer of paperlace applied to the centre lifting to reveal the hand-written words 'Next time you see me say you love me', with a manuscript poem inside 'To Jane', another card entitled 'A Prize/Worth seeking for', with an envelope applied to the centre containing a piece of paper folded 10 times, each fold with a clue leading onto the next one 'Go on Looking. Oh how silly not to find it. Perhaps it is under here. You have not found it yet. Pray put on your spectacles. Will you give it up? The last time of asking. Try again. Ah! you have found a match a last', the last fold containing a match, 7 x 4in., c. 1840-60. (3)