细节
DOBBS & C0
A flower-cage valentine card, stamp marked Dobbs Patent with an embossed border, hand-coloured floral centre of roses with printed verse 'Gently raise this blushing Rose/I will your Valentine disclose,/But beware the insidious Thorn/Ah! what Bosoms it has torn!.....', lifting to reveal a cupid playing the celo 8 x 9½in., circa 1820
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A flower-cage valentine card, stamp marked Dobbs Patent with an embossed border, hand-coloured floral centre of roses with printed verse 'Gently raise this blushing Rose/I will your Valentine disclose,/But beware the insidious Thorn/Ah! what Bosoms it has torn!.....', lifting to reveal a cupid playing the celo 8 x 9½in., circa 1820
(See Illustration)