Wonderful Vintage Mexican Folk Art Tree of Life Candlestick antique treenware This 1911 special edition of

This 1911 special edition of Longfellow’s "Voices of the Night" features a padded white cover with great gold text and flourishes framing a river view

then opened his own studio in 1976 in Santa Cruz--created several different series of "dancing" coffee pots

6 1/4" wide

terminating in those wonderfully clunky little feet with incised toes

and hers to the right

Wonderful Vintage Mexican Folk Art Tree of Life Candlestick antique treenware This 1911 special edition ofOh how I love this! Hand built of earthenware terra cotta, this candlestick was decorated with with a white slip and colorful paints and dyes, then varnished, which gives it a nice shine. How charming I think she is, plus these little balls extending on wire from her arms and base! While unsigned, this piece is very much in the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izcar de Matamoros