Constant Is My Love For Thee, Early Paper Lace Valentine, Under Glass boar especially the extra large rose

especially the extra large rose buds popping out at one corner

10" tall and 10 1/2" in diameter

but not evident when looking at it

It immediately makes me think of early 19th c

Constant Is My Love For Thee, Early Paper Lace Valentine, Under Glass boar especially the extra large roseThe 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