One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) erzgebirge animals and I must say that

and I must say that it felt rather like Christmas receiving and going through them for the first time

but holding on nicely to the rest of it

and I think this one may be my very favorite that I have found--pure

and surely there are all sorts of contexts in which one might want to fly a beaver flag

There are several versions of this "Little Peasant Girl" --including a plaster model now in the collection of the Met

One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) erzgebirge animals and I must say thatOne last Victorian paper lace valentine today, because 'tis almost valentine season, and what a lovely thing to give to a beloved, including oneself. I'm fussy about ones I like, choosing this and several sold last week from more than a hundred 19th c. examples that had been collected over many years by a major Maine based paper dealer, whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend. This one c. 1840s, with the pansies