Valentine card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, satin, card
Measurements
141 x 97 x 2 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748068
Summary
Greetings Card - Valentine right opening. Front: Heavily layered three dimensional front design of pierced silver lace design ontop of which sits silver and white embossed flowers. The top central design is of silver and white leaves ontop of which sits satin fern leaves with a coloured scrap cherib in the centre holding two blue ribbons on which hangs a garland of red flowers. In the cntre of each side a coloured scrap of a cherub sat within a garland of blue flowers. at the bottom centre silver and white leaves and roses are obscured by satin fern leaves and a coloured scrap of a cluster of multi coloured flowers on a bed of leaves. The verse is printed on cream satin in a central cutaway oval. Verse: 'ABSENCE. I ponder o'er thy emp-ty place, And happy recollect-tions trace, I sigh and wish that thou wert near - Gem of my fancy ever dear,' Rear : Inside and the back are plain.