JOSEPH ADDENBROOKE & DAVID MOSSMAN

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JOSEPH ADDENBROOKE & DAVID MOSSMAN
An embossed and pierced paperlace card stamp marked Addenbrooke, with a central panel of pierced paperlace applied with a book entitled 'The Book of Beauty', the inscription above and below reads 'Unfold the Book & you will see/A face that always pleases me', the book opens to reveal a mirror (damaged), rebacked, 7½ x 5in., c. 1840-60; An embossed and pierced paperlace card stamp marked Mossman, the centre applied with a purse decorated with gilt, the inscription above and below reads 'My Treasure/and my joy', the purse opens to reveal the words 'You are my fortune', laid down on card, 7 x 4in., c. 1860's; and another card stamp marked Addenbrooke, with a contemporary embossed envelope. (3)