Finely Carved Antique Double Ball in Cage Architectural Standing Whimsy antique Mexican retablo High gloss photograph

High gloss photograph

I purchased this pie wheel at the estate sale of a couple in their 90s who had a fantastic collection of primitives

so I removed the print from the backing it was attached to (cutting carefully through old masking tape to do so) and have put it in a simple black frame with white matte

Just a wonderful portrait I think

Small questions cards 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"

Finely Carved Antique Double Ball in Cage Architectural Standing Whimsy antique Mexican retablo High gloss photographVery rare that I come across a whimsy as fancy and skillfully carved as this one, which I know was found in Minneapolis, but which I might guess, based on the manner of hard wood and manner of carving is British, though I don't know for sure. Whatever the case, 19th century I do believe, and quite finely done, all from one piece of wood, with two perfectly round balls in thin walled cages, the top one stepping back a bit from the one below, and two