Unusual 19th Century Painted and Collaged Pennsylvania Valentine in Silver Gessoed Frame Mexican mask Unsigned and undated but I

Unsigned and undated but I believe dating to the 1970s

as the inner frame conceals a little of the the painting

and this one feels quite historically significant

and red for stripes on the bowtie)

In the most delicious green paint

Unusual 19th Century Painted and Collaged Pennsylvania Valentine in Silver Gessoed Frame Mexican mask Unsigned and undated but ILove, love. I found this one in Lancaster County, PA, and it's unlike another I've I've seen, with the hearts and stars constructed of paper, cutout and pasted down, with the manner of painting on them akin to grain painting on wood frames and boxes. Wonderfully bold, fantastically rich color, just great and all the better I think by having done by "your friend, Robert Mallery." The poem reads: Acquaintance is a trivial thing Love, they say is blind