Love; Friendship
Friendship Album, Make-Do, Women
Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire: 1831-. Eight (8) pages stitched together with string binding; no covers. Includes 11 different entries from friends and family. The first entry from a male friend concludes with "when this you see Remember me". All entries written inverse and with sentiments of friendship and love, including.....
Price: $325.00
Lace Paper,Hidden Messages
London: 1850s. A charming 12mo valentine made from gilt lace paper, blue decorated paper peeking out from underneath, and an embossed chromolithographed scrap depicting a winged cupid in 18th century garb holding out a love letter and bouquet to the viewer. Includes a hidden chromolithographed birthday message titled "On a......
Price: $100.00
Lace Paper,Printed Love Poem,Embossed Victorian Scrap
London: (McLoughlin?), 1860s. A flirtatious 12mo valentine (possibly by McLoughlin?) made with lace paper bifolium (5.5" by 3.5") with a printed poem inside titled "A Lover's Plea": "Thy love is the one thing To fold my heart in bliss; Plight it with a ring, seal it with a kiss..." On.....
Price: $75.00
Lace Paper,Decorated Paper,Embossed Victorian Scrap,Chromolithography
London: Meek & Son, 1860s. An attractive 12mo valentine produced by the valentine maker Meek & Son, made form decorated paper, lace paper, and an embossed chromolithographed scrap depicting a young boy on a wooden toy horse. Below reads the message "To my Schoolfellow". What makes this example notable is.....
Price: $75.00
Putti,Flora,Victorian Scrap,Lace Paper
England: 1860s. An attractive 12mo valentine made from a lace paper bifolium and embossed Victorian scraps. The larger hinged scrap in the center depicts a winged putto surrounded by clouds and wildflowers, with a gilt border. This scrap is affixed to the valentine with blank tabs to give it height.....
Price: $45.00
Hand-colored Scrap,Lace Paper,Hidden Messages,Original Watercolor Artwork
London: 1850s. A very elegantly produced valentine made from pink paper peeking through lace paper, with the ink inscription: "Long may our hearts united prove The Mutual Joys of faithful love And may your love return to me As constant as my love for thee". In the center is decorated.....
Price: $175.00
Pictorial Lace Paper,Embossed Victorian Scrap,Pastoral and Country Scenes
England: 1850s. A finely produced 12mo Valentine made from embossed Victorian scrap, pictorial lace paper depicting a pastoral country scene, and colored paper affixed beneath the lace paper. Inside is a scrap with motto that reads, "This little tribute which I send I hope you will receive And keep it.....
Price: $50.00
Printed Verse,Lace Paper,Victorian Scrap
London: [Whitney Co.?], 1860s. An attractive 12mo lace paper valentine made from lace paper, and Victorian scrap. The oval lace paper is affixed to the valentine with folded tabs, allowing it to float above the valentine and create depth. The larger scrap on the bottom of the valentine depicts a......
Price: $85.00
Made by Hand, Folk Art, Whimsy
c1865. In two (2) shapes and sizes. The first are 2" in diameter sawtooth cut circles with graduated circles of white paper and red fabric. The larger are 2 3/4" x 3 1/4" heart shapes. All of the layers are stitched in place with thread.
Price: $475.00
Christmas Cards,Boyhood,Wildflowers
England: 1870s. An attractive 16mo Christmas card depicting a young blonde boy gathering wildflowers against a verdant background. The message at the bottom reads, "I Wish You A Happy Christmas". Includes a decorate embossed border. Measures approx. 3.5" by 2.5"
Price: $50.00
Valentine Verse,Embossed Lace Paper,Gilt,Love Poems
London: 1860s. A handsome 16mo valentine made from gilt lace paper, with contemporary ink verse inside: "When you are standing at your work, Think of me before you stroke; And when on this your eyes you cast, Think of when you saw me last". On the opposite leaf inside the.....
Price: $60.00
Pastoral,Embossed Chromolithographed Scrap
England: 1860s. A charming 16mo valentine made from embossed and die-cut paper heightened with silver, and an embossed chromolithographed scrap depicting a little girl and a lamb surrounded by wildflowers. A small hand-cut printed scrap at the foot reads, "Wanted a Sweetheart". Measures approx. 3.5" by 2.25").
Price: $40.00
Childhood Sweethearts,Victorian Scrap,Embossed
England: 1860s. A sweet 16mo valentine made from embossed paper bifolium, die-cut victorian scrap, and a decorative lithographed poem scrap that reads, "When to ladyhood, My friend, you grow, Pray don't forget Your little beau". Measures approx. 3.75" by 2.75"
Price: $45.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Folk Valentine,Cut Paper,Love Token,Inscription
England: 1787. An exceptional example of an English hand-cut folk art valentine with an inscription dated 1787. Features an intricate design including sawtooth edges, heart and dove imagery, and pinpricking for texture (e.g. in the doves' wings to mimic feathers). There is one central circle surrounded by eight smaller circles.....
Price: $4,000.00
Scherenschnitte, Putnam-Houser House
A grouping of materials belonging to John D. Ripley found by a descendant among papers in the of the Putnam-Houser House in 1981. Contents include:A 12” x 15” scherenschnitte or cut-work paper valentine with elongated floral design and circular decorative elements at border. Center has a hand-penned verse reading “This.....
Price: $1,300.00
Greeting Card
Belfast and London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1890s. A charming greeting card depicting a young blond girl in a straw hat against a pastoral setting, with an inscription in ink on the verso: "Best wishes for Miss Hood from Lizzie". Printed poem on the front titled "The Best of Good.....
Price: $24.00
Friendship Albums,Original Drawings and Watercolors,Women and Friendship
Norwich, England: Jarrold & Sons, Ltd, 1906. An early 1900s friendship album, kept by "Doris L'Estrange" from England. Approx. one-quarter filled with original drawings, watercolors, signatures of friends and family, and even a couple pages of musical quotes (J.S. Bach and W.A. Mozart). Dates of the entries range from 1906.....
Price: $350.00
1930s Birth Control,Marketing to Women,Sex Education
Chicago, Illinois: Lanteen Laboratories, Inc., 1934-1942. Seven (7) printed booklets advertising birth control products by Lanteen. Educates women about different birth control methods by describing which methods are safe and reliable and how they work. Unsurprisingly, it argues that the spermicidal jelly and cap diaphragm method by Lanteen is the.....
Price: $500.00
Pre-Code Hollywood,Early Sexploitation Made Sex Education
New York, New York: The American Social Hygiene Association, 1937. A set of educational ephemera published to accompany the 1933 Canadian-American film "Damaged Lives", directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film, considered by some to be an early form of sexploitation film, was spun by the studio's marketing team as.....
Price: $350.00
Family Photo Album,Birthdays and Milestones,Mothers and Sons
[Cleveland, Ohio]: 1965. A family photo album created by a mother as a 20th birthday gift for her son, including eleven (11) photos of the young man growing up from infanthood to adulthood. The photos are captioned lovingly by the mother in red ink. Shows what appears to be a......
Price: $275.00
Vinegar Valentine, Penny Dreadful, Comic Valentine, Hand colored
England: Unknown, c1870s. One printed and hand colored and one original art Penny Dreadful valentines with the same theme -- the maid is smitten with the Bobbie and he is smitten with her fare - from mutton to beer. The first, single-fold, with the maid having the upper hand atop.....
Price: $250.00
Valentine,Lace Paper,Think of Me,Original Envelope,Love and Friendship,Sisterhood
England: 1850s. A handsome and very petite 32mo valentine constructed from pictorial lace paper with decorated paper peeking through and a small book-shaped applique that reads "Think of me still". Housed in the original blank envelope addressed in contemporary ink to "Deborah Ode and Eleanor Ode". The pictorial lace paper.....
Price: $125.00
