Very Sweet Pair of Old Handmade Valentines receipt holder 19 cyanotypes

19 cyanotypes

it reminds me a lot of one of my favorite objects ever: an early Arikara Native American hide shield held in the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

5 3/4" t x 2 1/4" x 1 5/8" and in very good condition

and best of all lush red mouths

The yellow one shows some bending to the brass perimeter edge

Very Sweet Pair of Old Handmade Valentines receipt holder 19 cyanotypesI'll never resist a sweet and earnest handmade valentine, and certainly it's always a good time to deliver one. Or two! I found this pair together, both given to a miss Dorothy long ago the one with honey bees opening to reveal a handwritten poem inside, the crayoned heart just cut from a single piece of lined paper with the to and from on verso. Charmers both. Crayon heart: 4 1 4" w x 3 3 4" t. Bees: 4 3 16" w x 4 3 8" t. Both in good condition.