Constant Is My Love For Thee, Early Paper Lace Valentine, Under Glass farming tool The look of it makes

The look of it makes it feel as if it should have hung on a rail at a car racing track (or maybe a demotion derby

And their panting dog companion is pretty clear

This is one of second batch

with a wooden ring for standing it up to display

I believe the piece likely dates from the 1960s or 70s

Constant Is My Love For Thee, Early Paper Lace Valentine, Under Glass farming tool The look of it makesThe second of two of these I found together, the other listed and sold last week this one bearing the happy message "constant is my love for thee." A lovely 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. Detail photos give the best sense of the layering and embossing here with carefully cut colored paper in deep blue and green and brown laid under the paper lace to