Folk Art Carved Frame with Cabinet Card of Handsome Man with Umbrella and Stalagmite! Allamakee Pottery now empty of the nuts

now empty of the nuts

there is no mark except a "9" or a 6" on it

and would guess it dates to the 1930s or 40s

And she keeps reminding me of Velasquez portraits of the Infanta Margarita Teresa--las Meninas et al--and what could be better than that

and go antiquing together on Sundays

Folk Art Carved Frame with Cabinet Card of Handsome Man with Umbrella and Stalagmite! Allamakee Pottery now empty of the nutsSold just as found, an old folk art standing frame with antique cabinet card of handsome young man in suit and vest and boutonniere, umbrella in hand and resting the other on what looks like a stalagmite but must be carved wood. I really like how the umbrella and whatever that is at his right form a triangle with his head at top, all pointing up toward the peak of the frame and altogether evincing a sort of vernacular holy trinity. With pinprick type