Incredible Pair of Ornate Antique Double Ball in Cage Whimsies, with Stand peach sculptor and photographer who moved

sculptor and photographer who moved to Rome in 1838

such that one is sure to stretch those socks just the right amount

and on the lower right appears to be a signature in red--a rarity among pith paintings as I understand it

who apparently appeared to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill

with its maker portraying himself legs-up inside of the ink bottle

Incredible Pair of Ornate Antique Double Ball in Cage Whimsies, with Stand peach sculptor and photographer who movedThese I do believe are just about the most spectacular whimsies I've seen, and certainly had in my possession. Each was carved from one piece of wood, with either two or three small balls inside of each ones two cagesthe taller with carved fists at either end, the shorter with crosshatched patterns that for some reason remind me of pineapples! Ornately detailed all over, they make me think of bons bons rolled in fancy paper and cinched with bows at