Boxed Valentine's Day Card

Anonymous, British, 19th century British

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Round box, clad in white, addressed to "Miss Oliver, Langdown Lawn, Hythe, South-Hampton". Circular card made up out of enbossed and glazed lace-like paper, pieces of fabric and in the center a miniature basket with fake (textile) flowers. Right above the basket a colored scrap is placed which contains the text: "Pity my life and be my wife".

Boxed Valentine's Day Card, Anonymous, British, 19th century

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Boxed Valentine's Day Card, Anonymous, British, 19th century
Boxed Valentine's Day Card, Anonymous, British, 19th century

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