Charming Victorian Valentine with Die Cut Pig and Flower cast iron lock though not in photographs

though not in photographs

with quite a history on it and many good years of use in it yet

He doesn't stand quite sturdy on his own so just needs something to lean slightly against

there is an exquisite shop called Asiatica

there were a couple of different versions produced

Charming Victorian Valentine with Die Cut Pig and Flower cast iron lock though not in photographsIn 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