Valentine card
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
61 x 91 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 748103
Summary
Greetings Card - Valentine calling card style. Front: Heavy white card with decorative swirl black line patterned border within which is printed the verse. The top centre of the border design is a winged and bowed cherub on vines of fruit, at the bottom in th eleft corner the figure of a man and in the right that of a lady. Beneath the verse 'G. BEARSLEY. BIRMINGHAM.' and in the bottom left corner 'No.21'. Verse: 'I NEVER CA FORGET THEE! I'll ne'er forget the happy hour. The hour when first I met thee! Though fate may frown & fortune lower. I never can forget thee! Whate'er my lot _ where'er I go, Though lovers may beset me, I'll still be thine _ thro'weal or woe, I never can forget thee!'