1903 Heart Shaped Love Token Metalsmith's Paperweight with Inset Photo nesting dolls satisfying swirly paint for the

satisfying swirly paint for the wings

but the gloriously radiant color of the hand-painted silk feels lush like a peach to me

I'm certain it's not that old

but unlike any I've see before and really wonderfully done

which it would have pre-dated a bit in the U

1903 Heart Shaped Love Token Metalsmith's Paperweight with Inset Photo nesting dolls satisfying swirly paint for theAmong my very favorite Brimfield finds, I purchased this one from a South Carolina based dealer who has been the source of a number of treasures. I've never seen the likes of it before, a paperweight with photograph embedded perfectly framed by cutout heart inside the larger brass heart. Surely a love token, and surely made by a metalsmith, in 1903, I presume for his sweetheart Carrie (or Earrie? but I'm thinking maybe he just added an extra flourish