Victorian Cherub Valentine Die-Cut Card with Gold Leaf Frame

That cascading garland of purple violets at the bottom is doing heavy lifting to distract from the fact that this rosy-cheeked blonde child is erupting from an enormous red heart trimmed in blue scalloped lace and dangling gold heart charms, resting her chin on her hands with the practiced weariness of someone who has absolutely seen some things. The gold ivy wreath framing her head like a halo she definitely doesn't deserve, combined with the cursive 'Love's Offering' scrawled across the heart in gold, suggests the Victorians really said 'you know what this romantic gesture needs? A small child emerging from a decorative vessel like a love-themed Jack-in-the-box.' The blue ribbons tied at the sides add a festive bow to what is, at its core, a child being gift-wrapped inside a heart and delivered as an 'offering,' which is a sentence that should have raised more eyebrows at the time.