The lights are low, the tacky gold streamers are out – it's Date Night at the V&A.

Assistant Curator Iona is 💖 back 💖 for another 'Laying the Table', this time getting in touch with her romantic-side. Joined by her galentine, Assistant Curator Kate, we sent them out on a mission to find the most romantic and sexy objects in the museum for Valentine's Day – and they did not disappoint 👀

Watch as the pair unpack their selection, from the sensual and seductive to the downright dangerous. We've got tales of passion, heartbreak, forbidden love and woe, including...

a 🍆 saucy statue 🍆 modelled on Barbie and He-Man,
a jewel-encrusted locket containing 💘 human hair 💘,
a ☠️ poisonous ☠️ flower-making kit,
and a delicate wine glass engraved with a 👨‍❤️‍👨 secret queer message 👨‍❤️‍👨

Which one will you fall in love with? Let us know in the comments 😘

00:00 The aim of the game
00:46 Dating app inspo from the Duchess
01:57 Cringe Valentine's Day card
02:50 * OBJECT MOVE INTERMISSION *
03:11 Poisoning your lover with arsenic-laced flowers
03:32 * GLOVES INTERMISSION *
03:57 Carefully handling the poisonous flowers
06:04 LGBTQ+ glass with a secret message
08:02 Sexy statue (get a room)
09:56 Self love and the kissable hotlips ring
10:37 Wedding ring and lover's vein (fake news)
11:52 Intimacy and the secrets of the snuffbox
13:31 Jewel-encrusted locket containing human hair
15:13 Getting the ick with the marriage mug
16:38 Heartbreak and love in chains on an 18th-century beaker
17:57 Your favourite romantic object?
19:06 Bloopers

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