c. 1840s Large Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolor Flower (Blank Interior) antique brass stencil I had a lot of

I had a lot of fun posing this wonderful fellow

This one has a couple of spots of loss to the accumulation

Beside the wear

Not signed as far as I can tell

c. 1840s Large Paper Lace Valentine with Watercolor Flower (Blank Interior) antique brass stencil I had a lot ofA 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