Wonderful Early Spanish Colonial Retablo Painting on Wood horse shaped piggy bank ) minus the traditional dress

) minus the traditional dress

This particular box features the original oak stain and mark on the front reading  "Patented 1889

"Burial dolls" have continued to be produced by contemporary indigenous and Mestizo cultures of the Andean region

I don't know anything about the origins of this small sundial

and I would guess date to the 1920s-40s or so

Wonderful Early Spanish Colonial Retablo Painting on Wood horse shaped piggy bank ) minus the traditional dressI regret that I'm not much good at identifying saints, but what a wonderful painting! And definitely a very old one, pre 19th century I might guess. Such a beatific face, crowned and haloed, with two fingers of one hand pointing heavenward, the other holding a staff, and what looks like an open book to the right. And then this beautifully florally decorated, red lined cape. Thickly painted on wood panel and to my eye just beautifully aged, this makes