Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found sculptural bird cage most useful relative to this

most useful relative to this one

with a bit of gold paint loss/rusting to the base

1880s-1900

typically the first annuals of the year which always feel like a cheery welcome of to me

though with a standard 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" recess on the back

Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found sculptural bird cage most useful relative to thisA sweet thing, or maybe a portrait of a difficult relationship?!! From the front, framed at the top of this little wall shelf with heart pierced arrow at center is the tintype portrait of handsome mustached man with pink tinted cheeks, looking a bit of the Lothario. Then, on reverse, in the same (wonderfully framed out) spot is a tintype portrait of an older woman, looking every bit the unhappy mother, and with the image scratched up all over. Surely