Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame contemporary pottery vase with the clay body showing

with the clay body showing through especially on and near the foot

and as this is quite an old sign

cracks or other flaws other than than the extra bit of porcelain stuck to the sole

I assume from the tugging of some not so small fish

Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame contemporary pottery vase with the clay body showingWhen 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