Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s native american diorama and for the flavor of

and for the flavor of drama it seems to set the scene for

and costs associated with growing potatoes

A good one for the proud owner of a shepherd to use to stamp all over the place

The metal looks like brass

all the better should one have a tandem cycle to pedal

Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s native american diorama and for the flavor ofAmazing! 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,