Valentine's Day
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
British advertisements for Valentine's Day lottery
Collection — Box BW-7: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-HUT-032
Abstract
An artificially assembled collection of four lottery advertisements, publicizing what was possibly the largest lottery in Britain in 1816. The items span from approximately 1815 to 1816. The slips were likely printed in 1815, but mass distributed in 1816.
Dates:
circa 1815-1816
Found in:
Special Collections
Valentine Victorian sweetheart fan
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030134492]
Identifier: MS-0706
Abstract
Copied from dealer description: [Valentine Victorian Sweetheart Fan]. [Np. c. 1890s]. Folding hand fan. 8½ x 14½ inches (opened). Six die-cut vanes; heavy card stock, embossed and printed by chromolithography in color and metallic inks; vanes interwoven with a cream silk ribbon; a brass grommet pivots at tail. Bright gilt; sharp die-cut edges; very good.
Dates:
1890s
Found in:
Special Collections