Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gold Plated Silver Foil Italian Mask Ex Voto / Milagro corner grocery lovely condition

lovely condition

A little toning and smudging on the paper

I purchased these at Brimfield from a dealer with whom I talked about old blocks for a good 20 minutes--he

and very much capturing the spirit of the creature

There is some paint loss here and there

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gold Plated Silver Foil Italian Mask Ex Voto / Milagro corner grocery lovely conditionSuch a beauty! I found this and the other milagro I'm listing at an estate sale in Saratoga, NY, where it lived in the collection of a peace corps worker and world traveller that, fittingly, included an abundance of carved masks. Late 19th very early 20th century and Italian, I believe, make of what looks like silver foil with a gold finish on the face of it. To my eye just a gorgeous thing, made all the more special by a signature on reverse