Lovely Mid 19th C. Fold Out Paper Heart "Puzzle Purse" Valentine modernist design and still honoring some JK

and still honoring some JK more than 200 years later

which seems just right

screws open to reveal a teeny tiny carved chick inside

plenty of wear to the surface as evident

taking him throughout much of the United States

Lovely Mid 19th C. Fold Out Paper Heart "Puzzle Purse" Valentine modernist design and still honoring some JKA lovely and rare little thing, delivering layers of happy surprises. "Puzzle purse" type valentines were first made in the 18th century by hand (oh how nice to find one of those) but by the 1840s or so printing advances allowed for the creation of ones like this which bear a close resemblance to rewards of merit from the same period. There are three layers here inside the hand colored heart shaped covers, folding out as four leaf clovers, with poems