Fabulous Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and White Circus Horse mill legs spread

legs spread

this piece is very much in the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izúcar de Matamoros--legendary for their elaborate "tree of life" candlesticks and candleabra

I am pretty certain it is copper

The box measures 4" long x 1 7/8" deep x 1 1/4" tall

Some wear and paint loss as evident

Fabulous Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and White Circus Horse mill legs spreadOf course I love the colorful birds here, parrots I guess, forming a sort of heart that makes this one seem especially fit for Valentine's Day. But it is the painting of the horse at the center of the wall box that really sold me on this definitely the improvisatory addition of whoever made this many years ago, and just so good I think. The wood is at least in part salvaged from old cigar boxes, as there is a label still visible on the interior of the