Gorgeous Yellow Painted Sculptural Tin Frame, with Glass 80s ceramics also known as Meerschaum

also known as Meerschaum

though I have not been able to place the mark on its underside

I would hang them straight on the wall from two nails--and this pair is especially nice as it appears that the line on them was never clipped

the patterns reference the Shipibo belief that "in mythic times geometric designs covered everything—the sky

Chips measure approx 11/16" in diameter

Gorgeous Yellow Painted Sculptural Tin Frame, with Glass 80s ceramics also known as MeerschaumYum. Photos do this frame no real justice. I purchased it one from my favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley and am rather obsessed with it. Made of tin, which appears quite old, I believe it is Mexican, likely made to house a retablo. The curled tin on each side makes it a very sculptural thing with great objecthood just right for a retablo of a saint or the Madonna herself, as if unfurling to reveal a vision from the heavenly world. The form and