New Arrivals
Penny Dreadful, Vinegar Valentine, Social History
[1860]. An 8" x 5 1/4" color lithograph illustration of a statuesque and proper lady borders by embossed whimsical anthropomorphic...
Price: $125.00
Humor,Embossed die-cut Valentine,Moveable,Hand-colored, Alamanac
England: 1850s. A charming example of "paper with a secret" in Valentine form: small embossed die-cut bifolium with hand-colored scrap...
Price: $125.00
Lace paper,Ballerinas,Putti,Weeping Willow
United States: 1850s. An elaborate and remarkably well-preserved embossed lace paper colored with blue and pink, depicting ballerinas, putti, and...
Price: $85.00
Coquetry,Flirtation,Valentine's Day
England: 1840s. A humorous handmade Valentine, made from two hand-colored characters cut from an etching (a barber brandishing a razor...
Price: $200.00
Nature,Valentine,Lace Paper,Hand-coloring
England: 1850s. An attractive 12mo-sized Valentine by the maker Meek, using lace paper which has been lithographed and hand-colored. The...
Price: $65.00
Lace Paper,Flora,Embossed Scrap
England: 1850s. An attractive octavo Valentine with intricately produced lace paper, depicting wild roses and lace surrounding a young couple...
Price: $125.00
Manuscript,Love Poetry,Valentine's Day,Pastoral
England: Mullard, 1860s. An elaborate and remarkably well-preserved octavo-sized Valentine, featuring gilt embellished lace paper, embossed Victorian scrap. This example...
Price: $125.00
Original Artwork,Union Jack,Silk Mesh,Lace Paper,Feathers
England: 1860s. An attractive handmade Valentine featuring fine examples of silk mesh, hand-colored silk, floral lace paper, and real applied...
Price: $110.00
Silk Mesh,Lace Paper,Embossed Scrap
England: 1850s. A fine lace paper Valentine featuring embossed Victorian gilt scrap of Cupid, a hand-colored lithographed image of a....
Price: $65.00
German Tokens and Valentines
Germany: 1861. An embossed and chromolithographed token of friendship card, featuring a small leaf in the center secured with silk...
Price: $85.00
Valentine's Day,Hand-colored lithograph
England: 1850s. Hand-colored lithographed 4to-sized bifolium Valentine (8.5" by 6.75"), with a three-stanza Valentine's Day poem underneath an image of...
Price: $110.00
Valentine's Day
United States: 1850s. An attractive Valentine featuring delicate embossed paper, yellow coloring, and a large scrap in the central oval...
Price: $110.00
Lace Paper,Winged Cupid,Holly
England: 1850s. Octavo-sized lace paper for a Valentine measuring approx. 7" by 4.75". Colored green, it features a winged cupid...
Price: $90.00
Lace paper,Valentines,Embossed Victorian Scrap
England: 1850s. A particularly fine example of embossed lace paper with gilding, for use in an octavo-sized Valentine, adorned with...
Price: $100.00
Hand lettered,Calligraphic flourishes,Love Poetry
United States: 1870s. A hand-lettered love poem "To Frederick", with calligraphic flourishes at the foot. Note the lettering, which mimics...
Price: $125.00
Valentines,Lace Paper,Embossed Scrap,Flora
United States: 1850s. A circular lace paper Valentine measuring approx. 4" in diameter, made from two layers of fine lace...
Price: $85.00
Humorous Greetings and Valentines,Turkey, Mechanical
London, England: R. Canton, 1850s. A charming moveable turkey greeting card produced by R. Canton. When the turkey's head is...
Price: $125.00
Valentines,Lace Paper,Token of Love
United States: 1850s. An attractive duodecimo-sized Valentine on lace paper with water color rosebud and morning glory, with an applied...
Price: $75.00
Valentine,Lace Paper,Scrap,Artificial Flowers
UK: Wood, 1850s. A lavishly decorated handmade octavo Valentine made from lace paper, silk artificial flora, real sprigs of flora...
Price: $125.00