1903 Heart Shaped Love Token Metalsmith's Paperweight with Inset Photo nesting dolls 7 3/4" t x 2"

7 3/4" t x 2" w and in very good condition

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

SOLD - BLUE DOG

satisfying swirly paint for the wings

with just a bit of tearing to the paper label in a few spots

1903 Heart Shaped Love Token Metalsmith's Paperweight with Inset Photo nesting dolls 7 3/4" t x 2"Among 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