Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed Phil Sellers pottery Printed in 1844

Printed in 1844

I may be the only one who finds this letter great

or all sorts of other things

The bat is signed on the back and strung with a hanger

Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed Phil Sellers pottery Printed in 1844I'm not the least bit religious, but I find myself more and more attracted to religious icons and artifacts of all sorts, in no small part I think due to the abundance of ornament so often present, even better when some of it is gold! Very similar in manner to a Victorian die cut and paper lace valentine, this I believe could technically be called a Canivet card, an art connected to small devotional images which had its origin in France in the 13th