The Burdened and the Saint, c. 1800 Delft Tile (with Old Corner Restoration) china paints I found this special box

I found this special box in Great Barrington

with decoratively cut edges

and there's a split in the wood

painting measures 4"x5 1/2

with an oddly positioned--and anatomically suggestive

The Burdened and the Saint, c. 1800 Delft Tile (with Old Corner Restoration) china paints I found this special boxA second Delft tile this week, c. 1800 I believe (I'm not an expert on these, but am learning as I go, with the thickness of the tile, character of the clay, color, and style of decoration all helping to date them) this one making me think a bit of the Mexican ex voto retablos I love so much, with this haloed saint seeming poised to relieve the burden of this young man carrying a very heavy load! A nice one to have around when it all feels too much I