Antique Folded Paper Cuts - Set of Three swordfish and a perfect one I

and a perfect one I think for stashing love letters or favorite photos or other keepsakes of the most dear (deer

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

and his confidant

Face sized - 8" tall

really--that show lots of time and effort invested

Antique Folded Paper Cuts - Set of Three swordfish and a perfect one ILovely things, and if I were smart I would put them in a nice old frame, but I do try to keep things simple. Late 19th c. or so, I believe, and cut of a thin, natural colored paper perhaps by a kindergarten teacher or perhaps as love tokens of sorts, I am not completely sure. I purchased these from the collection of the late Elizabeth Baird, a lifetime collector of fine ephemera and valentines, and personally view them as in the latter category. I'll