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Late 19th/early 20th c I believe
it appears Ito be covered with a couple of layers of paint--I think first entirely painted red
covering the original tin plate advertising the Ellwood Fence of the American Steel and Wire Co
It seems possible this box
Much weathered but in good
Charm Our Eyes! Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s treen letter opener Late 19th/early 20th c IAmazing! 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,
