May You Be Happy, 19th C. Paper Lace Love Token Under Glass document tube and I'm really rather obsessed

and I'm really rather obsessed with it as very resolved feeling

4 1/4” x 1 3/4” wide and d

I think the rounded lip form of this bowl is super satisfying

marking him as a bishop I believe

May You Be Happy, 19th C. Paper Lace Love Token Under Glass document tube and I'm really rather obsessedA beautiful 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. I would guess this one was actually given on the occasion of a birth or christening, with the hopes of a happy life being imparted to the child, and, it looks to me, a babtism occurring at top center though it also looks a bit like a baby in a bird cage! Detail photos give the best sense of the layering and