Antique Silver Ex Voto GirlAn ex voto is an offering left at an altar or shrine in gratitude for a prayer answered. They can be found wherever Catholics are, but the ones Im listing for sale are probably Mexican and or Greek. Traditionally they are made of silver in a shape that represents the prayer or miracle received, so you'll find ex votos shaped like different body parts, human figures, sacred hearts, and even objects like houses or cars. Newer reproductions are usually

It has certainly been used at some point

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Just under 8” tall

Best of all

a cloth touched relic for Teresa Couderc

It features an unusual mix of gimp work & palette work techniques

Measures 25” long

These tombstone memorial prints are increasingly rare

although most collectors seek them out for their beautiful appearance

and what terrible advice we’ve yet to move on from at all

2 inch Victorian Staffordshire porcelain figure of a girl with her top half exposed

“Thus dressed in deep mourning with a tear streaming eye