Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame contemporary pottery vase Someone more knowledgable than I

Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s

I rather like it hanging loose

5" nose to tail

and blood red mouth

Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame contemporary pottery vase Someone more knowledgable than IWhen I your love remember Such wealth it brings That them I scorn to change My state with kings. A bit of an unusual rhyme, which gives a bit of an extra bite to the bleeding arrow on the other heart, as if shooting away others wanting to take our writer's place! I'm clearly a sucker for a handmade valentine, and also a great frame, which is definitely the case with this old carved one, detailed with gold paint that to my eye subtly echoes the form of