The Burdened and the Saint, c. 1800 Delft Tile (with Old Corner Restoration) china paints and on the interior walls

and on the interior walls

and there's a split in the wood

with decoratively cut edges

with an oddly positioned--and anatomically suggestive

A bit of damage to the rim of the box itself

The Burdened and the Saint, c. 1800 Delft Tile (with Old Corner Restoration) china paints and on the interior wallsA 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