Mid-Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Candleholder With Birds and Flowers painted owl with what appears to be

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

Frame size (measured on the backside) is 5 1/8" x  3 5/8"

10 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 1" overall

and for me super evocative

Mid-Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Candleholder With Birds and Flowers painted owl with what appears to beIll never pass by a Mexican folk art candleholder if I can help it, and this is a charmer, and an old one, of a great size. Three birds, three flowers, and a rainbow of colors, which are more pastel in tone than ultra bright; just right. There is a little paint loss: the central bird on the blue ball has lost a little paint on the wing (which one could I think pretty easily touch up if desired), there is bit lost on the blue flower, and there is a