
Gordon Mcfarlan
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A puzzle purse is a square piece of paper folded into an envelope like packet, the paper is folded into thirds in both directions to form a grid of nine squares, the creased top is then collapsed on top of itself to form a twist top, the wings can then be tucked in to adjacent layers to make it sit flat.
Rebuses are groups of letters, numbers, pictures, etc. that represent words or phrases.
Extracts:
O happy they! who feel thy power
Those souls of gentle name
But happier still the enchanting hour
They meet with mutual flame
Love Cupid with his fatal dart - hath Deeply wounded my
poor - heart; And hath Betwixt us set a cross Which
makes me sore lamenting loss.
A frilly nymph whose bright sway
Does every female charm display,
By cupid and Minerva's art,
Does charm my soul and ravish'd heart.
Provenance: the valentine was inherited from the owner's grandmother whose family had worked in service in Aberdeenshire. It was displayed in the People's Palace, Glasgow during the City of Love Exhibition in 2002.