Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame contemporary pottery vase Someone more knowledgable than I

Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s

and blood red mouth

I rather like it hanging loose

and as this is quite an old sign

I love it as an object and would indeed be inclined to hang it on the wall

Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame contemporary pottery vase Someone more knowledgable than IWhen I your love remember Such wealth it brings That them I scorn to change My state with kings. A bit of an unusual rhyme, which gives a bit of an extra bite to the bleeding arrow on the other heart, as if shooting away others wanting to take our writer's place! I'm clearly a sucker for a handmade valentine, and also a great frame, which is definitely the case with this old carved one, detailed with gold paint that to my eye subtly echoes the form of