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Introduction
- Lovebirds
- 'The Morning of St Valentine', by John C Horsley
- Valentine display in Woolworth's, 1937
- Sweetheart brooch
- Seizure of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'
- Shrimp pot
- Ladies night dance programme
- 'Kissing bug'
- Pair of Valentine cards, 1850-1900
- French rose
- Sailor's farewell
- Joseph Denham letter
- 'Love tormenting the soul', by John Gibson
- Locarno handbill, 1963
- Inuit boots
- Rialto Ballroom handbill, 1937
- Sailor's valentine
- 'An Idyll', by Maurice W Greiffenhagen
- Cupid cup and saucer
- Romantic moths
- Baltic Valentine menu, 1913
- 'Our first tiff', by Robert W Macbeth
- Heart shaped silver plate

Cupid cup and saucer with cover, 1774-1814

Meissen porcelain factory near Dresden in Germany

Porcelain, painted polychrome enamel in reserved cartouche, gilding and dark blue ground

Accession number M1601

Cup with lid and saucer decorated with cupids

Meissen made the first porcelain in Europe in 1708 and production began in 1710. They introduced the famous 'cross swords' mark in 1720 to protect their products, one of the oldest trademarks in existence. The brand still exists today and can be seen on the Meissen website.

Part of the Decorative Art collection at National Museums Liverpool.