Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s Shaw & Nodder that it was made quite

that it was made quite a long time ago

I just can't resist naive floral watercolors like this one

Hive box in good condition

as who makes better shoes

tapering gracefully to the tail

Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s Shaw & Nodder that it was made quiteAmazing! I love going to Brimfield, but occasions of finding true treasures digging through boxes in far corners happens less and less and less. But then this, and a second early mechanical valentine also listed today the sorts of lucky finds that keeps me ever hopeful. This is quite a rare one, an early mechanical valentine, published by Riedel in Nuremberg, Germany, for English export, 1830s. I have found one reference to this particular valentine,