Assumption of the Virgin, Beautiful Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin antique corkscrew with hand-painted dark brown decoration

with hand-painted dark brown decoration and fire clouds in a few spots

With a hole punched through the tin top center for hanging

his half-brother

wonderfully strange looking thing

a publisher’s advertisement on back of ownership page

Assumption of the Virgin, Beautiful Antique Folk Art Retablo on Tin antique corkscrew with hand-painted dark brown decorationI believe it is the Assumption of the Virgin represented here, Mary ascending to Heaven, flanked by angels. And what a beatific Mary she is! With a wonderful halo of white star like flowers arching above her, and fantastic billowing blue drapery, wrapping her like a swirl of sea. With tomb below draped in white cloth and dotted with roses, and a couple of palm trees rising from the green landscape below, mountains in the distance. A beauty. 13 7 8" x