Valentine
mechanical valentine, die-cut valentine, victorian valentine
;A 12 1/2" x 12 1/4" embossed die-cut Victorian scrap. The young sailor boy is leaning on his big Great Dane. The dog has an aristocratic look on his face. The sailor has a sweet face. He has a small bouquet of roses in his right hand. The condition is.....
Price: $60.00
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
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
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
Roller skates, Singing, Phone Rining
Top left is a blonde girl with pigtails dialing the phone looking for a ring. Top right is a girl roller skating carrying a special message. Her Scottie dog is at her feet. Below a boy croons with a large microphone. . He has a big yellow bow tie with.....
Price: $35.00
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
Lace Paper,Silk and Silk Mesh,Victorian Scrap
London: 1850s. A finely produced 8vo valentine made from lace paper, fine silk mesh, Victorian scrap, and a panel of cream-colored silk. Created with layering, the valentine tells a story: first is a 5" by 3.25" pictorial lace paper depicting two lovers courting amidst a pastoral landscape. It is secured.....
Price: $125.00
Lace Paper,Marriage
England: 1860s. An attractive 16mo pictorial lace paper valentine measuring approx. 3.75" by 2.75". The lace paper itself depicts a winged cupid reclining on a cloud at the top. Below, a window in the lace paper reveals a hand-colored lithograph depicting a couple kneeling in prayer, being wed. Finished with.....
Price: $35.00
Pastoral and Country Themes,Hand-colored
United States: 1850s. A charming 12mo Valentine, with hand-colored wood engraved image of a young shepherd with two lambs and a young girl in a bright red dress. The message reads, "Ah! could you look into my heart, And watch your image there, You'd own the sunny loveliness Affection makes.....
Price: $65.00
Lace Paper,Courting
England: 1860s. A beautifully produced 16mo lace paper valentine, telling a story: at the head, the lace paper depicts a couple courting in a pastoral setting, and at the foot, they are depicting sitting together at the breakfast table. Features a floral border, and a small printed scrap in the.....
Price: $50.00
Comic Valentine, Occupations, Love and Friendship
1850s. A single-fold hand colored vinegar valentine or Penny Dreadful. It depicts a women with exaggerated facial features and hair behind a bar pouring a pint. It is captioned: Oh, what a bob! and what a chin! What eyes! and what a nose! What charming smiles! what winning ways! What.....
Price: $100.00
Vinegar Valentine,Blacksmithing,Penny Dreadful,Comic Valentine
England: N.p., 1860s. A "Blacksmith"-themed Vinegar Valentine, showing a rough-around-the edges blacksmith mid-swing as he pounds what looks like a horseshoe on an anvil. The text below reads: "Mr. Hammer and Tongs, pray go it, sonorous, To that sweet useful tune of the famed 'Anvil Chorus;' Like Vulcan of old.....
Price: $150.00
mechanical valentine, die-cut valentine, victorian valentine
A 4 1/2" x 3" two part box with special surprise inside. The edge of the interior of the box is faced with a 1” lace paper. Beneath the lace is an elaborate gold enhanced. The center has a scrap girl holding her hand towards a parrot. The pair has.....
Price: $16.00
valentines, raphael tuck valentine, frances brundage, honeycomb, open-out valentine, early 20th century valentine, valentines with children
An embossed, die cut, 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" fold back, 3D Valentine Card. This heart shaped card has blue forget-me-nots hearts on the outer edge. In the Middle of the card the Frances Brundage boy and girl are smiling at each other. He is peeking at the girl in.....
Price: $32.00
Pictorial Lace Paper,Victorian Scrap
London: 1850s. A particularly bright and vibrant 8vo valentine, made from pictorial lace paper and small embossed pieces of Victorian scrap depicting flora in each corner. The lace paper depicts an elaborate natural scene in which three couples are courting: on the left, a musician serenade his intended with a......
Price: $120.00