1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin blue and white ceramics A super fun set of

A super fun set of vintage celluloid match book cases

somewhat awkward but also graceful tree that  I--perhaps it is because I am nearing fifty

with just a bit of wear to the gold lacquer

I just really liked the look of this bear

carved with skill and I’d say a precisionist’s disposition—I would not be surprised if its maker also carved very detailed tiny furniture

1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin blue and white ceramics A super fun set ofThis is one of two marvelously naive mid 20th century ex voto retablos I purchased from a seller in California, quite similar in manner such that I might guess done by the same person, but with clearly different styles of writing at the bottoms so perhaps not, or perhaps the paintings were made for the subjects, who then painted the texts. Whatever the case, wonderful I think, with this super folky Virgin, feeling to me as holy as it gets, receiving