Partial But Exceptional 1816 Cut Paper Love Token with Ink and Watercolor and Many Delights antique ceramic animal but is enough of a

but is enough of a thing to hold them together

so this was an early use of it

which makes them extra lovely and special feeling

Light surface scratching as documented

but in my world a very folky Santa--a pair of them actually

Partial But Exceptional 1816 Cut Paper Love Token with Ink and Watercolor and Many Delights antique ceramic animal but is enough of aThis 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