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A small valentine embossed and die-cut with silver gilt decoration surrounding a coloured lithograph.
“Without the aid of the designer or draughtsman, the lithographer, the wood-engraver, the painter or the colour-printer, the card-board maker, the artificial-flower maker, the workers in silk, feathers, glass, filigree, and lacquer, besides many other diverse skills we could not have these charming toys of the lovers’ vernal festival.”
- Opposite
- Small valentine
- 76 x 102mm (3 x 4in)
- Mid nineteenth century
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