Vintage Mexican Folk Art Pottery Triple Donkey Candleholder vintage jugtown pottery The platter is signed on

The platter is signed on the bottom in glaze

which keeps making me think of him as an ever-ready baseball catcher

with skullcap on his head

with a soft ochre yellow for the interior of the ears and black squiggles all over for the fur

The panel is also easily unscrewed from the the rack and could just itself be hung on the wall

Vintage Mexican Folk Art Pottery Triple Donkey Candleholder vintage jugtown pottery The platter is signed onThere is some red wax that at some point dripped down the side of the third donkey on this vintage Mexican folk art pottery candleholder which I haven't touched as it rather adds to festiveness (and I didn't want to risk messing up the paint.) It took me a while to notice it though amid everything else going on! This one was made to hold three full sized candles, which just miss the tails of the birds when placed. Hand built, dipped in white slip and