c. 1840s Large Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolor Flower (Blank Interior) figure with trident The paper of the banana

The paper of the banana shows some staining

the number 10 on the back of it

One of three engravings I am listing

which I find a pretty ingenious as well as evocative thing

the whole thing hovers in a great sort of in between

c. 1840s Large Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolor Flower (Blank Interior) figure with trident The paper of the bananaA handful of Victorian paper lace valentines today, because 'tis almost the season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing these several from more than a hundred 19th c. examples I had the joy of perusing last weekend which had been collected over many years by a major Maine based paper dealer (who made notes on the envelopes of some, dating this one to the late 1840s) whose collection