Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found lacquer box with dog I assume the word preceding

I assume the word preceding Greyhound on this one is meant to be Italian

living in Boston

5" w x 4" t (4 7/8" with one head fully up

I love that it appears to have been folded in sixths

so am confident of the attribution

Old Folk Art Valentine Shelf with Picture Frame and Him and Her Tintypes, As Found lacquer box with dog I assume the word precedingA 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