Super Sweet Pair of Old Chip Carved Handmade Wooden Frames antique copper sign mounts The underside of the tails

The underside of the tails are signed: Rita

--so while the cork in the bottle implies that it might be filled

Beautifully crafted in the 1960s

and the peasant-style clothing carefully sewn in a wonderful mix of colors and patterns

as certainly they were before incorporated into the piece

Super Sweet Pair of Old Chip Carved Handmade Wooden Frames antique copper sign mounts The underside of the tailsI love the idea of these as a wedding gift (individual portraits in each, but to be hung together), or perhaps for parents expecting twins! I've got a soft spot for chip carving to begin with, and think the folky combination of shapes and patterns on these is great, with the decoration at the top centers reminding one of heavenly rays of light shining down on whomever or whatever is housed in the frames. I believe the monogram on the right frame is G.