Thine True Love Only, 19th C. Theorem Watercolor Forget Me Not flower sculpture quite lovely

quite lovely

When I found them

a little folding at the center of the top edge

no repairs

in the windowsill

Thine True Love Only, 19th C. Theorem Watercolor Forget Me Not flower sculpture quite lovelyIn my book, it's always time for a valentine or love token, and what a lovely one is this, announcing the giver as "Thine True Love Only" no small thing! The text appears to have been stamped or block printed, the rest done in watercolor and ink by hand (using hand cut stencils, which is how theorems were made, and, I recently learned, the paint was often blown onto the paper via a glass tube, like a straw.) Especially great here I think is the smoke