1903 Heart Shaped Love Token Metalsmith's Paperweight with Inset Photo painted folk art animal Some wear to the box

Some wear to the box and some masking tape added at some point to reinforce it but still holding together well and the blocks are in excellent condition

showing plenty of rusting and erosion

MA in 1876 as a patented medicine called Moxie Nerve food and went on to become one of the first mass-produced soft drinks in the U

on the other between figure with compass at far left and the meeting house "spied" in the distance at right

The head itself is painted a good dark green

1903 Heart Shaped Love Token Metalsmith's Paperweight with Inset Photo painted folk art animal Some wear to the boxAmong 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