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

indicating it did indeed travel and see use

There are just few bristles missing (one hole's worth)

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

Seems right to be drawing a caboose late in life and I really like the straight on

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