Poignant and Unusual Large 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror, Verse, and Original Envelope burmese 20" x 24" and in

20" x 24" and in very good condition

I'm just back from a few days hunting for treasures in Maine

I really love the sweet green and grey hound

All of the details on this are great

perhaps WWI

Poignant and Unusual Large 1840s Paper Lace Valentine with Mirror, Verse, and Original Envelope burmese 20" x 24" and inI've got an eye out for early Valentines every day of the year, this one dating to the 1840s and, rather miraculously, still accompanied by its original envelope, mailed to a Catherine Stowell of Paris, Maine, with postmark on the envelop and traces of the red wax seal still attached. Clearly it meant a lot to our Catherine! and one might guess she married the young man who sent it to her. What really sold me on it is the mirror at center of the