{"product_id":"victorian-quarto-valentine-with-lace-paper-and-hand-writing","title":"Victorian Quarto Valentine with Lace Paper and Hand Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnusual Victorian lace quarto valentine, measuring about 10” tall. Handwritten with a layer of lace paper decorated with colored die cuts. It doesn’t open- it appears uncut, like the uncut pages of an old book. Refer to photos for condition: Overall good with some age tanning and foxing. Circa 1870. Message reads (accounting for spelling errors\/anachronisms):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“May I once more now speak to thee\u003cbr\u003eImmortalized beauty of Tripoli\u003cbr\u003eSay but I may and I’ll confess\u003cbr\u003eSecrets which my heart oppress [sic]\u003cbr\u003eTis of your bright eyes only, I now will speak\u003cbr\u003eUnable to do justice to all your merits \u003cbr\u003eFor in your eyes alone a new world I meet\u003cbr\u003eFresh hopes each glance of them inherits\u003cbr\u003eThe heart of your enamored.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roses \u0026 Rue Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45094411305160,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/2188\/7432\/files\/292AD492-3434-470D-853F-128FF11DB7E6.jpg?v=1780242091","url":"https:\/\/rosesandrueantiques.com\/products\/victorian-quarto-valentine-with-lace-paper-and-hand-writing","provider":"Roses \u0026 Rue Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}