Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine pre-columbian vessels Tiny pin holes at the

Tiny pin holes at the corners but otherwise pretty much like new

or awkward or empathetic

7/8" across at opening

and energetically stippled all over spots

So many great variations on the classic rainbow colored stacking toy

Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine pre-columbian vessels Tiny pin holes at theI surely would not much have enjoyed living in the 1830s, but I'm invariably smitten with the naive watercolors and ink drawings and cut paper love tokens of that decade, especially. This one, which appears to have been given to an Edmund Hawley of Norfolk (CT I believe) from an Alanson Bunnel on Dec. 2, 1831, is lovely example, combining cut paper hearts and diamonds (made by folding the paper) and ink drawn flowers and flourishes. I've turned up one