Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine tin rattle Wear to the interior edges

Wear to the interior edges of the case and fabric and some degrading to the image as evident

This one has a patent number stamped inside

and all sorts of other interesting odds and ends

Each block measures 2 7/8" cubed

in perfect red on creamy white comb

Edmund Hawley's 1831 Cut Paper and Ink Drawn Valentine tin rattle Wear to the interior edgesI 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