Virgin Mary with Immaculate Heart, c. 17th Century Spanish Folk Art Carving Girard tin toy painted with an elegant gold

painted with an elegant gold and silver design

And then this pear

1930s-40s I would guess

) As a side note

the drawing of the school house

Virgin Mary with Immaculate Heart, c. 17th Century Spanish Folk Art Carving Girard tin toy painted with an elegant goldThis one! I purchased her from a seller in Spain, from whom I've purchased a few other wonderful old things in the past and when I saw this little carving come available, holding heart to her chest, there was NO WAY I was going to let her get away. C. 17th century Spanish, carved wood with polychrome, with centuries of handling having worn and smoothed that wood, given the surface a sheen. Certainly it is the Madonna herself, with immaculate heart