PROMESA, Very Beautiful, Very Naive Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin, Framed toy collection making me realize it's a

making me realize it's a horn as well as a rattle

L Hammett  company was formed in 1863 by John Hammett

super thin walled raku vase

otherwise some roughness around the lip

this one is the last

PROMESA, Very Beautiful, Very Naive Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin, Framed toy collection making me realize it's aThis one had me at the PROMESA, including for the period at the end of the word, as if the final word indeed! My very favorite retablos are of the very naive, very earnest, and relatively spare variety, and I especially like the small ones this painting feeling holy indeed, the heartfelt expression of a true believer, hat in hand, on his knees. And the dark blue ground here feels less as if painted on and more as if emerging from some deep place. In a