Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed painted stone fruit A little charmer of a

A little charmer of a carved dog I think

which has led me to believe that it is Native Alaskan

Much aged but I think all the better for it

including for the fact that it looks quite a bit like our gentle

the lack of seam from casting

Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed painted stone fruit A little charmer of aI'm not the least bit religious, but I find myself more and more attracted to religious icons and artifacts of all sorts, in no small part I think due to the abundance of ornament so often present, even better when some of it is gold! Very similar in manner to a Victorian die cut and paper lace valentine, this I believe could technically be called a Canivet card, an art connected to small devotional images which had its origin in France in the 13th