Partial But Exceptional 1816 Cut Paper Love Token with Ink and Watercolor and Many Delights small carved bird Northwest Coast

Northwest Coast

I then came across in person it later that day

dating this one to the late 1840s) whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend

There is a single hinge on the back which is tightly attached and works great

perhaps packed with emergency supplies

Partial But Exceptional 1816 Cut Paper Love Token with Ink and Watercolor and Many Delights small carved bird Northwest CoastThis intricate cut paper scherenschnitte love token certainly shows it 200+ years (dated 1816 inside one of the hearts), but it is such a special one, which, happily, someone not too long ago took pains to stabilize and protect so that it might endure for many years to come. The aging of the blue paper from which it was cut is itself a very beautiful thing, and the sun star at center especially so, but the greatest delights here come from closer