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ROCK BROS.
A flower-cage valentine card with an embossed border, each corner with the running hand-written verse 'Can I cease to love thee ever/Cease to love thee dearest never/No dear youth I ne'er can prove/Faithful but to thee in love', the applied hand-coloured floral centre lifting to reveal Cupid in a sailing boat, surrounded by the words 'Properous Gales to those we love', 10 x 8in., c. 1820.
A flower-cage valentine card with an embossed border, each corner with the running hand-written verse 'Can I cease to love thee ever/Cease to love thee dearest never/No dear youth I ne'er can prove/Faithful but to thee in love', the applied hand-coloured floral centre lifting to reveal Cupid in a sailing boat, surrounded by the words 'Properous Gales to those we love', 10 x 8in., c. 1820.