Four Hearts from Eugene to Charlie, Antique PA Folded Paper Love Token embellishment There is a hairline crack

There is a hairline crack coming down from the lip over the "r" in "circulating"

6 7/8" t x 4 1/4" w

and warm patina to the dry wood surface

these pretty little rounds of paper cut from early playing cards with wooden disks behind many of them

15" t x 3 3/4" w with arms down

Four Hearts from Eugene to Charlie, Antique PA Folded Paper Love Token embellishment There is a hairline crackFirst of all, I love that this valentine was gifted from a Eugene (Britzer) to a Charlie (Kulp, I believe). Second, I love it because I like to think Eugene was applying his Froebel kindergarten paper folding skills to making it (the paper from which it was made certainly suggests that was so). But the addition of those four perfect red hearts made it his own. And what a perfectly resolved thing which could be a Christmas time love token too! Small