Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo teaching reading The vase has been well

The vase has been well used

Quite a lot of effort invested in developing a form that could expand or contract to accommodate a range of measurements

I especially love that they show a bit of swagger

and which makes it even better I think

2" across at base and 2 7/8" across at lip

Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo teaching reading The vase has been wellSometimes things are better when they are pristine and sometimes they are better when they are beaten up, and this retablo on tin I think is all the more winning for having clearly lived a life as Anacieto Perales certainly did, in yellow pants here, hat in hand, giving his thanks to Santo Nio De Atocha. The block lettering filling nearly half the painting is excellent visually if hard to read as it fades away toward the left edge and bottom, but