Vintage Mexican Folk Art Pottery Small Candleholder with Birds antique garden tool giving a great sense of

giving a great sense of immediacy to it as a memorial of sorts

The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana and are renowned for their wonderful baskets made of coiled pine needles and raffia

It is carved on both sides with a vase or urn at center

seemingly abstract mark on the black-glazed rim of the plate but I don't know the maker

Vintage Mexican Folk Art Pottery Small Candleholder with Birds antique garden tool giving a great sense ofGreat color and excellent condition on this vintage Mexican folk art pottery candleholder, made to hold a small candle a perfect accompaniment to a birthday cake! Hand built of earthenware, dipped in white slip and then hand painted ivery much n the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izcar de Matamoros, legendary for their elaborate "tree of life" candlesticks and candleabra. 5 1 2" t x 3