MARKED CARDS
Joseph Mansell and George Meek
细节
Joseph Mansell and George Meek
cover with cameo embossing showing a scene of a man playing his mandolin under some trees with a young lady moving towards him from a gazebo, centre with hand-written verse Love Oh! love is to the human heart/That sunshine is to flowers/And friendship is the fairest thing/In this cold world of ours/..... Feb 1856, attached at the top of the verse is pierced paperlace stamp marked Meek, with scrap of two doves in a basket of flowers - 7¼ X 9in. 18 X 23cm.; another stamp marked Mansell, with cameo embossed and pierced paperlace, silk centre with metalic trim and floral seal, above and below hand-coloured flowers and metalic love knots - 8 X 9¾in. 20 X 25cm.; another stamp marked Mansell, with cameo embossed and pierced paperlace, centre of ribbed fabric with hand-colourd flowers and scrap Angel hands/protect/and guide/thee, around centre with floral seals, inside a card My Heart With Love/Is Beating - 7½ X 9¼in. 19 X 24cm., circa 1845
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cover with cameo embossing showing a scene of a man playing his mandolin under some trees with a young lady moving towards him from a gazebo, centre with hand-written verse Love Oh! love is to the human heart/That sunshine is to flowers/And friendship is the fairest thing/In this cold world of ours/..... Feb 1856, attached at the top of the verse is pierced paperlace stamp marked Meek, with scrap of two doves in a basket of flowers - 7¼ X 9in. 18 X 23cm.; another stamp marked Mansell, with cameo embossed and pierced paperlace, silk centre with metalic trim and floral seal, above and below hand-coloured flowers and metalic love knots - 8 X 9¾in. 20 X 25cm.; another stamp marked Mansell, with cameo embossed and pierced paperlace, centre of ribbed fabric with hand-colourd flowers and scrap Angel hands/protect/and guide/thee, around centre with floral seals, inside a card My Heart With Love/Is Beating - 7½ X 9¼in. 19 X 24cm., circa 1845
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