Ultra Folky Antique "Las Cruz de Animas" Retablo Painting on Tin greyhound blue and white plate 12" x 8 7/8"

12" x 8 7/8"

such that one could treat it as a box of sorts and hide small things inside

20" x 14 5/8" x 1 1/4"

perhaps made to be used for doll tea parties

and the best little legs

Ultra Folky Antique "Las Cruz de Animas" Retablo Painting on Tin greyhound blue and white plate 12" x 8 7/8"This to my sensibilities is a dream of a retablo, a very folky depiction of Las Cruz de Animas, or the Cross of Souls, representing Christ on the cross along with a group of animas sola below lonely souls surrounded by flames who are trapped in purgatory requiring the prayers of the living as well as the assistance of divine to release them to heaven. And this depiction is packed with both all of the (very excellent) usual symbols and then some, as