Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed Phil Sellers pottery I have to think Reich

I have to think Reich valued it a great deal

This set of four includes the Brown Bear

There is a tiny nail hole through the center

5 1/4” across measured inside the lip

Victorian Silk and Gold Embellished Paper Lace Madonna Canivet Card in Period Framed Phil Sellers pottery I have to think ReichI'm not the least bit religious, but I find myself more and more attracted to religious icons and artifacts of all sorts, in no small part I think due to the abundance of ornament so often present, even better when some of it is gold! Very similar in manner to a Victorian die cut and paper lace valentine, this I believe could technically be called a Canivet card, an art connected to small devotional images which had its origin in France in the 13th