Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s wall mirror Each 5 1/4" x 4

Each 5 1/4" x 4 1/4"

Missing a couple of strings of jangles but overall good condition

Clearly with some loss around one glass blue eye

original to the set

but very lovely--and I thought these would make a sweet Valentine's gift from one parent to another

Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s wall mirror Each 5 1/4" x 4Amazing! I love going to Brimfield, but occasions of finding true treasures digging through boxes in far corners happens less and less and less. But then this, and a second early mechanical valentine also listed today the sorts of lucky finds that keeps me ever hopeful. This is quite a rare one, an early mechanical valentine, published by Riedel in Nuremberg, Germany, for English export, 1830s. I have found one reference to this particular valentine,