Lot includes 28 small embossed items which were intended to be pasted onto valentines. "Scraps" were printed using a chromo-lighographic technique, then coated with a gelatin and gum layer which gave the finished sheets a glossy surface, and finally embossed. Originally these images would have come on a single page to be punched or cut out by the Valentine maker. 18 depict a ladies hand holding either a message bearing fan or else a bouquet of flowers. 4 are simple bunches of flowers. One features a woman's silouhette in an urn of flowers. Three are rectangles bearing poetry and floral images, and one is a tiny pink envelope which can be opened to reveal a small card with graphite script.
40/60 Sold $17.25
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