Boxed Valentine's Day Card

(?) Anonymous, British, 19th century British

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Rectangular box with an attached lid, clad in white, slightly ribbed paper with a pattern in red and gold. In the center of the lid a glazed image is placed of man offering a woman jewelry. The card consists of a partly raised lace framework, decorated with colored scraps. The frame contains three compartments in which images of women have been placed. Combined with the scarps are the texts: "Truly thine"; "Forget me not"; "I kling to thee".

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