Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy 15ʺW × 6

15ʺW × 6

" altogether creating something of a portrait of what a young woman in the 1920s might aspire to achieve

and if this compass doesn't sell quickly

nuanced palette

with three different concave areas that feel as if custom shaped in order to accommodate the tight squeeze of a hand (mine quite exactly

Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy 15ʺW × 6I look at a whole lot of antique valentines, including many incorporating paper lace and die cuts, though it's really a rare one of the latter sort that wins me (usually too much fussiness clutter) but this is one of the rare ones. Just lovely. And I do believe it's always the right time for a valentine. With golden cut paper heart and hand colored (watercolored it looks to me) LOVE giving rise to an angel with butterfly wings emerging from the center