Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy with three different concave areas

with three different concave areas that feel as if custom shaped in order to accommodate the tight squeeze of a hand (mine quite exactly

with lovely bouquet and pretty gold border

or perhaps his wife

nuanced palette

giving this piece a striking elegance in addition to its quintessential MCM-ness

Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy with three different concave areasI look at a whole lot of antique valentines, including many incorporating paper lace and die cuts, though it's really a rare one of the latter sort that wins me (usually too much fussiness clutter) but this is one of the rare ones. Just lovely. And I do believe it's always the right time for a valentine. With golden cut paper heart and hand colored (watercolored it looks to me) LOVE giving rise to an angel with butterfly wings emerging from the center