Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine tin rattle bit I think its all

bit I think its all the better for it

miraculously I just found this set

in perfect red on creamy white comb

This one has a patent number stamped inside

I'd guess this piece is quite old

Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine tin rattle bit I think its allI 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