Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s treen letter opener Much weathered but in good

Much weathered but in good

I love how the line of her nose extends all the way down from her eyes (which seem to see into my soul

covering the original tin plate advertising the Ellwood Fence of the American Steel and Wire Co

It seems possible this box

Late 19th/early 20th c I believe

Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s treen letter opener Much weathered but in goodAmazing! 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,