Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive from

which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive from one side

and he is sturdily attached to his base which sits flush

then a few favorite details

with these two holding in their expressive

especially one of these hand-painted candleholders with wire footed birds perched here and there in the manner of Aurelio Flores

Forget Me Not, Lovely Little Victorian Paper Lace Valentine with Cupid yellow schmid cups which reads wide eyed-happy-attentive fromA 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 this and a few more from over 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, whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend. A note that