The Burdened and the Saint, c. 1800 Delft Tile (with Old Corner Restoration) china paints and there's a split in

and there's a split in the wood

I'll bet because it got lots of use displaying favorite paintings

with an oddly positioned--and anatomically suggestive

with a halo of solid black surrounding these women as if protecting and connecting them

I think the designs found on Acoma Pueblo (New Mexico Native) pottery are just about as good as it gets

The Burdened and the Saint, c. 1800 Delft Tile (with Old Corner Restoration) china paints and there's a split inA second Delft tile this week, c. 1800 I believe (I'm not an expert on these, but am learning as I go, with the thickness of the tile, character of the clay, color, and style of decoration all helping to date them) this one making me think a bit of the Mexican ex voto retablos I love so much, with this haloed saint seeming poised to relieve the burden of this young man carrying a very heavy load! A nice one to have around when it all feels too much I