Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy giving this piece a striking

giving this piece a striking elegance in addition to its quintessential MCM-ness

Just as I love antique daguerreotypes of painted portraits

4 1/2" t x 4 3/4" in diameter

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

or perhaps his wife

Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy giving this piece a strikingI 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