Charming Victorian Valentine with Die Cut Pig and Flower cast iron lock and also because of the

and also because of the word Pang--which makes it

) I understand from the seller that this was found in a 1840's book in the attic of a very old estate--I love the image of that discovery

there is an exquisite shop called Asiatica

and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches

Charming Victorian Valentine with Die Cut Pig and Flower cast iron lock and also because of theIn my book it is always time for a Valentine, and I think this is quite the charmer, though it might take the right sort of recipient to appreciate an implied comparison to a little piggy! I believe this is a fairly early one, c. 1870s or so, with what looks to me like hand coloring for the blue ground and tan pig, and then I believe gold foil on the cutout bit just above. Blank inside so ready to be sent now, though also I think certainly frame