Valentines
The colourful scraps were used by Valentine makers to add a touch of colour to the embossed lace paper. Romantic sentiments could be discovered hidden beneath the central scrap motif.

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The Victorian Scrap

Scraps for Decoration

Hidden Name Cards Appearing in the 1880s in the USA these calling-card novelties carry a hinged embossed scrap that conceals the bearer’s name which is only visible when the scrap is lifted.

The name is printed in the centre of the card and the floral ornament can be raised at one end to show the name when desired.

• Saleman’s pocket sample
• folder of hidden name cards
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• Ray Card Company,
• North Haven, Connecticut, America
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• Late 19th century

• Victorian Albums
• Victorian Scraps
• Father Tuck's Complete Picture Maker

• Lace-Paper Valentines
• Comic Valentines

• Easter Frolics
• In Fairyland

• A Victorian Christmas
• A Christmas Menagerie

• The Calendar
• Reward of Merit
• The English Lotteries

• Victorian Greeting Card Publishers

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