Partial But Exceptional 1816 Cut Paper Love Token with Ink and Watercolor and Many Delights antique ceramic animal and two little drawing of

and two little drawing of fans and springing flowers are pretty sweet too

Last photo shows it side by side with the other

I believe this is an old darning egg

Caribou antler I believe

Partial But Exceptional 1816 Cut Paper Love Token with Ink and Watercolor and Many Delights antique ceramic animal and two little drawing ofThis intricate cut paper scherenschnitte love token certainly shows it 200+ years (dated 1816 inside one of the hearts), but it is such a special one, which, happily, someone not too long ago took pains to stabilize and protect so that it might endure for many years to come. The aging of the blue paper from which it was cut is itself a very beautiful thing, and the sun star at center especially so, but the greatest delights here come from closer