Saint Anne and Virgin Mary with Stars, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Votive Shadow Box folk art wooden pins There is a vertical hairline

There is a vertical hairline surface crack running down the center of the lid

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known for hand-thrown stoneware pieces glazed with modernist patterns

“the Shipibo can listen to a song or chant by looking at the designs

Saint Anne and Virgin Mary with Stars, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Votive Shadow Box folk art wooden pins There is a vertical hairlineJust recently I found several little mid 19th c. shadow box forget me nots made just in this manner, which I find immensely charming, so I jumped on this when I came across it a wonderfully folky little icon honoring Saint Anne and her daughter Mary. At center is an early lithograph (c. 1830s 40s I believe), printed in Switzerland, portraying a young Mary at the knee of Anne, who points heavenward. But what I especially love is the acid green paper