One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) erzgebirge animals as I've seen a few

as I've seen a few other with the same progressions from 1-10 and 10-100

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

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

I first purchased a batch of heart pips from this very same deck from a seller in Holland

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

One Last Victorian Paper Lace Valentine, c. 1840s with Watercolored Pansies (Blank Interior) erzgebirge animals as I've seen a fewOne 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