Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo teaching reading but I think they make

but I think they make a pretty great pair as is

which surprises me some

The vase has been well used

3 1/8" across at base

feeling a bit like an arrow or an old school rocket about to launch and which also seems it could function as a cookie cutter should one wish to put it to use

Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo teaching reading but I think they makeSometimes things are better when they are pristine and sometimes they are better when they are beaten up, and this retablo on tin I think is all the more winning for having clearly lived a life as Anacieto Perales certainly did, in yellow pants here, hat in hand, giving his thanks to Santo Nio De Atocha. The block lettering filling nearly half the painting is excellent visually if hard to read as it fades away toward the left edge and bottom, but