May You Be Happy, 19th C. Paper Lace Love Token Under Glass document tube and I really love her

and I really love her rendering of those fish

I am listing additional examples from the same portfolio in a separate posting

I think the rounded lip form of this bowl is super satisfying

there is no sticker remaining on this one

but now I am wondering if it might not be a Styracosaurus or some other one horned dinosaur

May You Be Happy, 19th C. Paper Lace Love Token Under Glass document tube and I really love herA beautiful example of one of these layered paper lace and embossed die cut valentines, or love tokens, and an early one c. 1860s 70s I believe. I would guess this one was actually given on the occasion of a birth or christening, with the hopes of a happy life being imparted to the child, and, it looks to me, a babtism occurring at top center though it also looks a bit like a baby in a bird cage! Detail photos give the best sense of the layering and