Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s cloissone but it feels rather more

but it feels rather more like a lobster boat in spirit

No closure on the box

and otherwise in excellent condition

Folder: 12 1/4 x 10 1/16

I find the bold black stencil painted lettering against creamy white ground on this old sign very beautiful

Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s cloissone but it feels rather moreAmazing! I love going to Brimfield, but occasions of finding true treasures digging through boxes in far corners happens less and less and less. But then this, and a second early mechanical valentine also listed today the sorts of lucky finds that keeps me ever hopeful. This is quite a rare one, an early mechanical valentine, published by Riedel in Nuremberg, Germany, for English export, 1830s. I have found one reference to this particular valentine,