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VICTORIAN VALENTINES
Three floral embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, one with silvered and gilded details, all with hand-coloured floral centres, one with manuscript verse which reads 'T'is sweet to love but sweeter still/To be beloved again/But oh, how bitter is the thought/To love yet love in vain/There's nought on earth that can compare/Howe'er severe the pain/For pangs are fed by loving those/Who love us not again', 7 x 4¾in., c. 1850-70. (3)
Three floral embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, one with silvered and gilded details, all with hand-coloured floral centres, one with manuscript verse which reads 'T'is sweet to love but sweeter still/To be beloved again/But oh, how bitter is the thought/To love yet love in vain/There's nought on earth that can compare/Howe'er severe the pain/For pangs are fed by loving those/Who love us not again', 7 x 4¾in., c. 1850-70. (3)