Mexican Barro Negro Woman-Shaped Bell hollywood regency who came from a long

who came from a long line of carvers

which included a collection of several other Indonesian nutcrackers

This piece was created at  Lapid Pottery Works in Tel Aviv

it is uncertain exactly the purpose they served

Born Austin Kelly in Dublin

Mexican Barro Negro Woman-Shaped Bell hollywood regency who came from a longWhen I saw this Mexican woman shaped bell at an antique shop going out of business in Liberty, Missouri, I immediately thought of Velasquezs las Meninas.Like the infanta at the center of that painting, she seems posed and self possesed, head slightly turned and arms positioned at the top of voluminous skirt, with an expression that renders her forever elusive. I find her super compelling, Plus she hides a bell beneath that shirt! She is emblematic of