Author: Anonymous
Title: Mid-19th-Century Valentine Basket
Description: S. l. s. n. 1850. Die-cut basket, n. d. (mid-19th-century); 6 1/2" in diameter flat; heavy card stock, glazed white to recto and lavender to verso; ten 2"-tall, die-cut segments in the shape of a shield surrounding the center; heavily embossed and gilded throughout, each part with a chromolithographed, die-cut floral arrangement laid-on; the two corners of each segment pre-drilled with tiny holes, to tie together and hold the basket, when folded and assembled; overall light wear - in very good condition. Uncommon and utterly charming, the basket was most probably put together and used to hold valentines..or perhaps given as a valentine itself. Very good .

Keywords: Valentine, Die-Cut


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