Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s Shaw & Nodder tapering gracefully to the tail

tapering gracefully to the tail

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

late 18th/early 19th century I would guess

Hive box in good condition

Though I am not entirely certain what that might be

Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s Shaw & Nodder tapering gracefully to the tailAmazing! 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,