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MARCUS WARD & CO and OTHERS
A chromolithographic valentine card, marked Marcus Ward, with brightly coloured illustration of a man and a lady titled LOVE'S GREETING, by Kate Greenway - 5½ x 7½in., circa 1874; two embossed and pierced paperlace valentines both with applied scraps, one with silk centre and verse 'LOVE/COMPASSES THE WHOLE/CREATION ROUND/AND BY ITS TENDRILS/HEART TO HEART/ARE BOUND' - 4½ X 6in.; the other with hand-coloured details of a bird nest and bird, applied scraps - 4½ x 7in.; an embossed and pierced paperlace envelope, with scrap surrounded by gilt embossed flower wreath, which opens to reveal chromolithographic scene lifting to reveal a silk centre with verse titled I love but thee - 3½ x 5in. excluding flaps; and various others (9)
A chromolithographic valentine card, marked Marcus Ward, with brightly coloured illustration of a man and a lady titled LOVE'S GREETING, by Kate Greenway - 5½ x 7½in., circa 1874; two embossed and pierced paperlace valentines both with applied scraps, one with silk centre and verse 'LOVE/COMPASSES THE WHOLE/CREATION ROUND/AND BY ITS TENDRILS/HEART TO HEART/ARE BOUND' - 4½ X 6in.; the other with hand-coloured details of a bird nest and bird, applied scraps - 4½ x 7in.; an embossed and pierced paperlace envelope, with scrap surrounded by gilt embossed flower wreath, which opens to reveal chromolithographic scene lifting to reveal a silk centre with verse titled I love but thee - 3½ x 5in. excluding flaps; and various others (9)