Hearts Aflame, C. 1840s Inscribed Hand-colored German Love Token with Gold Foil Arrowmont School I do really love the

I do really love the bittersweetness of the phrase itself

with perpetual wide eyed expression

painted in a combination of oil and acrylic by Kansas City artist Susi Lulaki on a shingle salvaged from an old house being torn down in Chase County

and there is another whisper of red ribbon visible on the underside of the basket

just a bit of imperfectness to the application of the red ink/paint

Hearts Aflame, C. 1840s Inscribed Hand-colored German Love Token with Gold Foil Arrowmont School I do really love theThe text here, in German, roughly translates to say: May happiness always accompany you and brighten your day, and may your hope always rest on solid ground. Hard to argue with such a lovely sentiment as that! This dates to the 1840s or so, and would have been given as a love token or valentine. Hand colored, with gold foil frame around the happy couple. And a handwritten inscription on reverse, in German I believe, hard to decipher. Really lovely I