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Mechanical sewing valentine, 1858-1859

Mechanical sewing valentine, 1858-1859

Image Reference: 55568
Measurements: 19 x 11.5 cm
Medium: stationery
Collection: Ephemera
Library Reference: VAL1/065
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: Embossed border enclosing a colour-printed scene of a man trying to thread a needle to carry out a clothing repair. The mechanism moves his head so it looks as if he is having difficulty. Below is a poem: 'For a bachelor's trouble who should care/He ought to get married they all declare/If a button come off, he must sit up in bed/And make a sad bungle with needle and thread/But if he'd take courage and also a wife/He'd find 'twas the happiest day of his life.'

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