Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found wand Some glare caught in photos

Some glare caught in photos

With a small squarely positioned stool at the feet of the child

and a few lost stitches around her neck

but I could not resist this couple

7 1/2" t x 1 3/8" w x 1" d

Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found wand Some glare caught in photosA sweet thing, or maybe a portrait of a difficult relationship?!! From the front, framed at the top of this little wall shelf with heart pierced arrow at center is the tintype portrait of handsome mustached man with pink tinted cheeks, looking a bit of the Lothario. Then, on reverse, in the same (wonderfully framed out) spot is a tintype portrait of an older woman, looking every bit the unhappy mother, and with the image scratched up all over. Surely