c.1837-80 Novelty Valentines, with the verse "The Lovers Wis...

Hammer

£400

c.1837-80 Novelty Valentines, with the verse "The Lovers Wish" printed on silk (stitched on a panel from an 1837 Almanac); an embroidered and embossed bookmark Valentine by Windsor; other embroidered cards (3, also an unused Dobbs card with embossed centre and border with holes intended for embroidering); French handpainted cards made of Ivorine, an early form of plastic (3, one shaped as a conch shell); a French card with a bird and flowers made of Mother of Pearl; silk card with a lace surround; another card mounted on lace; and one other card. (13).