Unusual 19th Century Painted and Collaged Pennsylvania Valentine in Silver Gessoed Frame Mexican mask The set includes nine pins

The set includes nine pins

I would guess the portrait is American and likely dates to the 1830s-40s

strap with buckle for the handle

as the inner frame conceals a little of the the painting

elegant form

Unusual 19th Century Painted and Collaged Pennsylvania Valentine in Silver Gessoed Frame Mexican mask The set includes nine pinsLove, love. I found this one in Lancaster County, PA, and it's unlike another I've I've seen, with the hearts and stars constructed of paper, cutout and pasted down, with the manner of painting on them akin to grain painting on wood frames and boxes. Wonderfully bold, fantastically rich color, just great and all the better I think by having done by "your friend, Robert Mallery." The poem reads: Acquaintance is a trivial thing Love, they say is blind