Unmarked Valentine Cards
VICTORIAN VALENTINES
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VICTORIAN VALENTINES
Five embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, with chromolithographic and hand-coloured details, two by the same hand with satin centres, fabric flowers, leaves and silvered details, another with hand-written verse inside 'Art thou not Dear unto/my Heart oh search that/Heart and see/and from my bosom tear the part that beats not true to thee/X X X X X X', 5½ x 3½in. and 6 x 4in., c. 1860. (5)
Five embossed and pierced paperlace valentine cards, with chromolithographic and hand-coloured details, two by the same hand with satin centres, fabric flowers, leaves and silvered details, another with hand-written verse inside 'Art thou not Dear unto/my Heart oh search that/Heart and see/and from my bosom tear the part that beats not true to thee/X X X X X X', 5½ x 3½in. and 6 x 4in., c. 1860. (5)