Set of Six Homemade Crayon Decorated Valentines finely woven with lustre glaze on the

with lustre glaze on the sides

with hinges in great shape

To my eye quite a satisfying object

The cloves box is clearly filled with cloves indeed

There is a lot here one could dig into

Set of Six Homemade Crayon Decorated Valentines finely woven with lustre glaze on theI always feel lucky when I manage to snag some old handmade valentines, and these boldly crayon colored ones, with hearts and flowers everywhere, are real charmers. The name Elsie Metz appears on most as the recipient, but what I took at first for dates are I think instead maybe coded names for the senders! (i. e. 19 5 12 would mean S E L???? or some such?) A few of these are double layered, one triple, opening to messages inside; otherwise messages