Charming Victorian Valentine with Die Cut Pig and Flower cast iron lock Years of use in it

Years of use in it yet

immensely satisfying

and also because of the word Pang--which makes it

I've started paying some attention to old finials

Charming Victorian Valentine with Die Cut Pig and Flower cast iron lock Years of use in itIn my book it is always time for a Valentine, and I think this is quite the charmer, though it might take the right sort of recipient to appreciate an implied comparison to a little piggy! I believe this is a fairly early one, c. 1870s or so, with what looks to me like hand coloring for the blue ground and tan pig, and then I believe gold foil on the cutout bit just above. Blank inside so ready to be sent now, though also I think certainly frame