Mid-Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Candleholder With Birds and Flowers painted owl and bands of pattern around

and bands of pattern around neck and base

cloth-covered hardback with original dustcover

with printed booklet which makes for pretty fun reading about "this new seeing pleasure for  your relaxing hours

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

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

Mid-Century Mexican Folk Art Pottery Candleholder With Birds and Flowers painted owl and bands of pattern aroundIll 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