Virgin Mary with Immaculate Heart, c. 17th Century Spanish Folk Art Carving spool foot stool Though interesting now to see

Though interesting now to see Chili spelled with an "i" and Buenos Ayres as a country

And what a body too

but more so the less common to find woven and folded paper samplers

Such a strange one

but for the most part it polished up brightly and the comb itself is in very good

Virgin Mary with Immaculate Heart, c. 17th Century Spanish Folk Art Carving spool foot stool Though interesting now to seeThis one! I purchased her from a seller in Spain, from whom I've purchased a few other wonderful old things in the past and when I saw this little carving come available, holding heart to her chest, there was NO WAY I was going to let her get away. C. 17th century Spanish, carved wood with polychrome, with centuries of handling having worn and smoothed that wood, given the surface a sheen. Certainly it is the Madonna herself, with immaculate heart