Yes, I'll Remember Thee, c. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror and Handwritten Verse Inside ink drawing with collage The hand of one of

The hand of one of Sharkey's arms has been re-glued

(I keep thinking of Lichtenstein's ben-day dots when I look at them

which sold me on their covers alone: "Chess Problems

and the misspelling too

Yes, I'll Remember Thee, c. 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror and Handwritten Verse Inside ink drawing with collage The hand of one ofI've found exactly one other antique paper lace valentine with a mirror of this sort, c. 1840s, here with mirror bordered in wreath of hand colored die cut flowers. And here with a silver die cut ribbon just above it, which looks quite a lot in form like ribbon tied hair wreath memento of the era. I'm just a sucker for these, such pretty and delicate things delivering sweet sentiments. And here a pasted verse on the front and then a handwritten one