Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gold Plated Silver Foil Italian Mask Ex Voto / Milagro corner grocery I just love the stoic

I just love the stoic expression of the face of this little carved man

I purchased these at Brimfield from a dealer with whom I talked about old blocks for a good 20 minutes--he

indicating it did indeed travel and see use

but sure hope it gave some satisfaction to the Frederick Porter who signed it on the floor board of the wallpapered room glimpsed downstairs

" "didn't borrow money 3 mos

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Gold Plated Silver Foil Italian Mask Ex Voto / Milagro corner grocery I just love the stoicSuch a beauty! I found this and the other milagro I'm listing at an estate sale in Saratoga, NY, where it lived in the collection of a peace corps worker and world traveller that, fittingly, included an abundance of carved masks. Late 19th very early 20th century and Italian, I believe, make of what looks like silver foil with a gold finish on the face of it. To my eye just a gorgeous thing, made all the more special by a signature on reverse