Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found sculptural bird cage the color combinations

the color combinations

1880s-1900

with a bit of gold paint loss/rusting to the base

though with a standard 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" recess on the back

minor edge loss to paper labels

Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found sculptural bird cage the color combinationsA 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