Wonderful and Unusual Carved Soapstone Folk Art "1603" Church antique mourning picture 19 1/8" t x 11

19 1/8" t x 11 1/2" w x 7" d

As evident a few wreaths have been lost

I would frame this and hang it in the kitchen and be happy every time I looked at it

it appears that one of the motives behind many of Kaendler’s commissions for pugs was an emblematic one for the Order of the Pug

with a great deal of character and attitude conveyed with immediacy

Wonderful and Unusual Carved Soapstone Folk Art "1603" Church antique mourning picture 19 1/8" t x 11I've seen a few miniature books carved of soapstone, and of course lots of Inuit sculpture, but I've never seen a house or a church or other sort of architectural structure as far as I know. This particular church feels close kin to the naive drawings of churches and houses and towns from long ago that I love so much, and with a compelling play of flatness and depth to it too, as if veering back and forth between drawing or sculpture. With a lot of