Saint Anne and Virgin Mary with Stars, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Votive Shadow Box finchley establishment which also looks a bit

which also looks a bit like an arrow when turned on its side

slab built with hand-formed handles

detailing 39 different types/shapes of leaves

from the University of Kansas at Lawrence where he was a pupil of Albert Bloch and Karl Mattern

longtime professor of ceramics (and French literature) at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth

Saint Anne and Virgin Mary with Stars, Mid 19th Century Folk Art Votive Shadow Box finchley establishment which also looks a bitJust 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