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JOSEPH MANSELL
Five embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, all with hand-coloured details, one with embroidered details, four stamp marked Mansell, four with hand-written verses, one depicting The Book of Love', opening to reveal two hand-coloured doves, the verse reads 'Within is written all the joy/Of wedded life without alloy/Linger not come taste the sweets/There is no gall when two hearts meet', 7 x 4½in., c. 1840-60. (5)
Five embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, all with hand-coloured details, one with embroidered details, four stamp marked Mansell, four with hand-written verses, one depicting The Book of Love', opening to reveal two hand-coloured doves, the verse reads 'Within is written all the joy/Of wedded life without alloy/Linger not come taste the sweets/There is no gall when two hearts meet', 7 x 4½in., c. 1840-60. (5)