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So handsome
Handmade boxes with surprise carved snakes inside seem to have become a thing right around 1900
8" wide with arm extended
floor to ceiling built-in shelving
May You Be Happy, 19th C. Paper Lace Love Token Under Glass antique Chinese porcelain and wood box So handsomeA beautiful example of one of these layered paper lace and embossed die cut valentines, or love tokens, and an early one c. 1860s 70s I believe. I would guess this one was actually given on the occasion of a birth or christening, with the hopes of a happy life being imparted to the child, and, it looks to me, a babtism occurring at top center though it also looks a bit like a baby in a bird cage! Detail photos give the best sense of the layering and
