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J.T. WOOD & CO., MARCUS WARD & CO. & OTHERS
A collection of twenty-one embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, all with chromolithographic centres and details, some with hand-coloured borders, one with printed verse 'Oh! once I bloomed a happy flower, Till Cupid came one fatal hour, And made my tender branches feel The wounds of his avenging steel, For thee I feel like some poor willow, That falls across the wintry billow!' subjects include Birds and Flowers, makers include Wood and Marcus Ward & Co., circa 1870's, L. 6¾ x 4¼in. (21)
A collection of twenty-one embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, all with chromolithographic centres and details, some with hand-coloured borders, one with printed verse 'Oh! once I bloomed a happy flower, Till Cupid came one fatal hour, And made my tender branches feel The wounds of his avenging steel, For thee I feel like some poor willow, That falls across the wintry billow!' subjects include Birds and Flowers, makers include Wood and Marcus Ward & Co., circa 1870's, L. 6¾ x 4¼in. (21)