1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin blue and white ceramics with just a bit of

with just a bit of wear to the gold lacquer

A super fun set of vintage celluloid match book cases

There were a few different plate designs produced

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

given pride of place on its own little shelf in the entry way

1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin blue and white ceramics with just a bit 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