Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo summer winter I think perhaps they might

I think perhaps they might be fairly recently deceased

or someone else to invent a new use for them entirely

Super rich patina

but the engravings in this rare volume are abundant and quite marvelous

with red and blue compass style star top center flanked by white flowers and fruits with graceful leaves all around

Thanks From Anacleto Perales, Hat in Hand: Well Weathered But Wonderful Old Mexican Folk Art Retablo summer winter I think perhaps they mightSometimes things are better when they are pristine and sometimes they are better when they are beaten up, and this retablo on tin I think is all the more winning for having clearly lived a life as Anacieto Perales certainly did, in yellow pants here, hat in hand, giving his thanks to Santo Nio De Atocha. The block lettering filling nearly half the painting is excellent visually if hard to read as it fades away toward the left edge and bottom, but