Lovely Mid 19th C. Fold Out Paper Heart "Puzzle Purse" Valentine modernist design humble as can be

humble as can be

and still honoring some JK more than 200 years later

Though it's also just nice to look at

which seems just right

plenty of wear to the surface as evident

Lovely Mid 19th C. Fold Out Paper Heart "Puzzle Purse" Valentine modernist design humble as can beA lovely and rare little thing, delivering layers of happy surprises. "Puzzle purse" type valentines were first made in the 18th century by hand (oh how nice to find one of those) but by the 1840s or so printing advances allowed for the creation of ones like this which bear a close resemblance to rewards of merit from the same period. There are three layers here inside the hand colored heart shaped covers, folding out as four leaf clovers, with poems