Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found sculptural bird cage minor edge loss to paper

minor edge loss to paper labels

1880s-1900

most useful relative to this one

String binding is very tight

the color combinations

Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found sculptural bird cage minor edge loss to paperA sweet thing, or maybe a portrait of a difficult relationship?!! From the front, framed at the top of this little wall shelf with heart pierced arrow at center is the tintype portrait of handsome mustached man with pink tinted cheeks, looking a bit of the Lothario. Then, on reverse, in the same (wonderfully framed out) spot is a tintype portrait of an older woman, looking every bit the unhappy mother, and with the image scratched up all over. Surely