Big Blooms in Basket-like Urn with Scroll Handles, Large Antique Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting collectible ceramics Bell-shaped porcelain candle snuffers like

Bell-shaped porcelain candle snuffers like this were made by a few different English and German producers in the 19th century

on this one especially for the scalloped edging of the side buttoning boot

and one feels the desire to protect him from the world

and feels to me most likely done by a Canadian folk artist in the 1970s or 80s or so

Big Blooms in Basket-like Urn with Scroll Handles, Large Antique Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting collectible ceramics Bell-shaped porcelain candle snuffers likeI found this one at an antique show in New Hampshire and immediately thought that I'd like to see it hanging above an actual urn of blooming flowers, and even better one sitting atop a marble pedestal something about it feels like a post modern sort of mash up to me, which I like it. And also, I really like the painting of that basket like urn and its very feathery scroll handles! It is a folk art reverse glass (eglomise) tinsel painting, late 19th