Thine True Love Only, 19th C. Theorem Watercolor Forget Me Not 80s style Photos don't capture how special

Photos don't capture how special it feels in hand--more subtle than flashy for sure

This is a really lovely old hand-stitched leather (cowhide I believe) covered Waverly cigarette tin

I believe both the drawing and the chip carved tramp frame

There is a small nick in her bonnet from I think quite a while ago

Good on the table under the coffee pot or tea pot or dishes or candlesticks or whatever

Thine True Love Only, 19th C. Theorem Watercolor Forget Me Not 80s style Photos don't capture how specialIn my book, it's always time for a valentine or love token, and what a lovely one is this, announcing the giver as "Thine True Love Only" no small thing! The text appears to have been stamped or block printed, the rest done in watercolor and ink by hand (using hand cut stencils, which is how theorems were made, and, I recently learned, the paint was often blown onto the paper via a glass tube, like a straw.) Especially great here I think is the smoke