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KERSHAW & SON.
A cameo embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card stamp marked Kershaw & Son, with a cameo embossed and pierced paperlace central layer with a gauze centre, applied with a silvered cherub surrounded by hand-coloured embossed flowers, lifting to reveal an applied verse and silvered details of doves and a cherub pushing a barrow full of hearts, the card opening to reveal a manuscript poem, 7 x 5in., c. 1857; and three other later cards.
A cameo embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card stamp marked Kershaw & Son, with a cameo embossed and pierced paperlace central layer with a gauze centre, applied with a silvered cherub surrounded by hand-coloured embossed flowers, lifting to reveal an applied verse and silvered details of doves and a cherub pushing a barrow full of hearts, the card opening to reveal a manuscript poem, 7 x 5in., c. 1857; and three other later cards.