Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy 15ʺW × 6

15ʺW × 6

or perhaps his wife

with three different concave areas that feel as if custom shaped in order to accommodate the tight squeeze of a hand (mine quite exactly

making me think as much of folk art carved miniature books and bibles than as anything (including for the fact that the slab at his back is carved like a book as well) but I’m really not sure of its origins

Love-ly Antique Paper Lace Valentine old wooden pull toy 15ʺW × 6I look at a whole lot of antique valentines, including many incorporating paper lace and die cuts, though it's really a rare one of the latter sort that wins me (usually too much fussiness clutter) but this is one of the rare ones. Just lovely. And I do believe it's always the right time for a valentine. With golden cut paper heart and hand colored (watercolored it looks to me) LOVE giving rise to an angel with butterfly wings emerging from the center