Assumption of the Virgin, Beautiful Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin antique corkscrew especially on the babies

especially on the babies

wonderfully strange looking thing

19th century American

a publisher’s advertisement on back of ownership page

Assumption of the Virgin, Beautiful Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin antique corkscrew especially on the babiesI believe it is the Assumption of the Virgin represented here, Mary ascending to Heaven, flanked by angels. And what a beatific Mary she is! With a wonderful halo of white star like flowers arching above her, and fantastic billowing blue drapery, wrapping her like a swirl of sea. With tomb below draped in white cloth and dotted with roses, and a couple of palm trees rising from the green landscape below, mountains in the distance. A beauty. 13 7 8" x