Wonderful Early Spanish Colonial Retablo Painting on Wood horse shaped piggy bank There is a tiny chip

There is a tiny chip to surface of the wood at the very tip of its crest

Blocks are in excellent condition

I have enough French to get the gist of the text at left

I don't know anything about the origins of this small sundial

and I would guess date to the 1920s-40s or so

Wonderful Early Spanish Colonial Retablo Painting on Wood horse shaped piggy bank There is a tiny chipI regret that I'm not much good at identifying saints, but what a wonderful painting! And definitely a very old one, pre 19th century I might guess. Such a beatific face, crowned and haloed, with two fingers of one hand pointing heavenward, the other holding a staff, and what looks like an open book to the right. And then this beautifully florally decorated, red lined cape. Thickly painted on wood panel and to my eye just beautifully aged, this makes