Constant Is My Love For Thee, Early Paper Lace Valentine, Under Glass farming tool though he can be balanced

though he can be balanced to sit on the screws

The look of it makes it feel as if it should have hung on a rail at a car racing track (or maybe a demotion derby

This is one of second batch

Weaving itself is in very good condition

Constant Is My Love For Thee, Early Paper Lace Valentine, Under Glass farming tool though he can be balancedThe second of two of these I found together, the other listed and sold last week this one bearing the happy message "constant is my love for thee." A lovely example of one of these layered paper lace and embossed die cut valentines, or love tokens, and an early one c. 1860s 70s I believe. Detail photos give the best sense of the layering and embossing here with carefully cut colored paper in deep blue and green and brown laid under the paper lace to