$88
Eleven 19th Century Embossed Paper Lace Valentines, in various states of completion, including a Windsor of a bucolic couple amongst the beasts; a Berlin & Jones of two shepherding couples amongst cherubs; a Kershaw & Son of love angels in ceremony; three various embossed paper lace covers and a quantity of gilt embossed paper lace partials consisting of a Windsor depicting a tented courting couple; a Kershaw and Son silver gilt paper lace frame with cornucopia and putti, a silver gilt Windsor of an angel in a grotto, an unmarked silver gilt with four circular openings, and an English registered silver gilt depicting a boating couple amongst putti, (general imperfections, glue residue). Provenance: Ex-collection John Darcy Noble.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-10-19