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AMERICAN VALENTINES
Three cameo embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, applied with silver and gilded details, all american in design, two with gauze centres, one with manuscript verse 'To Her I love/Dearest, each bird is choosing now/A partner to his mind/And this should give a timely hint/To us of human-kind/There is a light around my path/As bright as ever shone/But I have found it is not good/For man to lie alone', 7 x 4in., x. 1850-70. (3)

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