Bird In (On) Hand, Old Handmade Valentine with Poem from Beulah scene painting and quite poignant now

and quite poignant now

There are four corner pieces screwed to the back of the frame with a June 1885 patent

but the little bluebird in this one

1940s maybe

There is one clean tear in the paper coming down from the top edge

Bird In (On) Hand, Old Handmade Valentine with Poem from Beulah scene painting and quite poignant nowA charming old valentine or love note, all the better for being signed by a miss Beulah, who hand wrote a poem inside expressing "all my love for you." Great hand (looking a little like a talon), great bird, and I love how they arch in opposite directions. 5" x 3 5 8", very good condition, with decoratively cut edges. Early 20th c. I believe.