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JOSEPH MANSELL, GEORGE MEEK and ANOTHER
an embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card, stamp marked Mansell, with hand-written verse 'If you would lead/a happier life,/Give up the Latch-key/and take a good wife/I'm ready and willing' - 3½ x 5in., 1840-1860; another with hand-coloured floral details, stamp marked Meek, hand-written message Thou art dear to me - 4½ x 6½in.;; another applied with fabric leaves, with hand-painted details, hand written message Oh may this gift/An offering prove/Of true sincere/And constant love' - 4½ x 7in.; and a contemporary embossed envelope (3)
an embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card, stamp marked Mansell, with hand-written verse 'If you would lead/a happier life,/Give up the Latch-key/and take a good wife/I'm ready and willing' - 3½ x 5in., 1840-1860; another with hand-coloured floral details, stamp marked Meek, hand-written message Thou art dear to me - 4½ x 6½in.;; another applied with fabric leaves, with hand-painted details, hand written message Oh may this gift/An offering prove/Of true sincere/And constant love' - 4½ x 7in.; and a contemporary embossed envelope (3)