Exquisite Mid 19th C. Watercolor Valentine with Flip Up Handwritten Fortunes carved spinner Though I suppose it's possible

Though I suppose it's possible she's got a bucket of paint in hand

first a couple pf bulbs

great old paint

with a little paint loss as evident and a few minor edge chips

The latest iteration reflecting my recent obsession with the color and surfaces of old painted tins

Exquisite Mid 19th C. Watercolor Valentine with Flip Up Handwritten Fortunes carved spinner Though I suppose it's possibleA rare and special thing this one, a fortune telling valentine of sorts, which I purchased from a great paper dealer in Pennsylvania, who had kept it in his personal collection for some years. A gorgeous watercolor taken at face value, but under most every leaf and bloom is a hidden message, revealed when one flips that bit up (and so a pretty intricate work of cut paper, too.) I especially love the fact that many of those messages are the opposite of