Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame woman which makes me think the

which makes me think the carver him or herself might have been a bit bashful about carving a nude

I fell in love with antique clay marbles through finding a bag at my local flea market last summer

as the lighter colors don't produce super strong color

Signed (incised) on underside

green and dark blue banded patterning

Handmade Antique Valentine in Great Old Hand-carved Frame woman which makes me think theWhen I your love remember Such wealth it brings That them I scorn to change My state with kings. A bit of an unusual rhyme, which gives a bit of an extra bite to the bleeding arrow on the other heart, as if shooting away others wanting to take our writer's place! I'm clearly a sucker for a handmade valentine, and also a great frame, which is definitely the case with this old carved one, detailed with gold paint that to my eye subtly echoes the form of