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JOSEPH MANSELL
Two embossed and pierced paperlace cards, one stamp marked Mansell, one with a satin centre applied with hand-coloured flowers and silver details, the other centre containing a manuscript poem 'Twas not thy smile though charming/Twas not thine eye though Bright/Twas not thy song though warming/Nor beautys dazzling light/No twas thy lovely nature/Tender sincere but gay/It shone in every feature/And stole my heart away', L.10 x 8in., c. 1840-60. (2)
Two embossed and pierced paperlace cards, one stamp marked Mansell, one with a satin centre applied with hand-coloured flowers and silver details, the other centre containing a manuscript poem 'Twas not thy smile though charming/Twas not thine eye though Bright/Twas not thy song though warming/Nor beautys dazzling light/No twas thy lovely nature/Tender sincere but gay/It shone in every feature/And stole my heart away', L.10 x 8in., c. 1840-60. (2)