To My Valentine.

• Price: $225.00
  

  SKU: 98820

• PRINT ADD TO FAVORITES
  SHARE

• ARTIST:

• MEDIUM: 3D card with honeycomb and an easel back,

  DATE: c.1900.

• EDITION SIZE: Card size 10 x 7 x 4 1/4" (H-W-D, inclusive of easel back).

• DESCRIPTION: A large 3D Valentine's Day card with a multicolored honeycomb forming a love-letter-lighthouse. Two winged children are at the bottom. One holds a heart, a bow, and a quiver full of arrows at their hip. The other holds a bouquet. Doves collect love letters at the top. The card opens 180 degrees, and the easel back holds it up.<br><br> A small card at the bottom contains a poem: "To my Valentine. : Roses sweet : I often see, : But you're the sweetest : Rose for me."

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good to fair condition. Water staining on the "mailbox" section and not affecting the honeycomb. Doves have been reattached. Ink inscription from previous owner on back.

• REFERENCE:

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Valentine , 3D with Honeycomb