Antique Folk Art Bottle Assemblage with Crucifix on an AltarWinderful, early 20th century folk art bottle assemblage featuring a miniature altar with bible and crucifix, all components made of wood. Refer to photos for size & condition: Very good.

It contains advice on how to retain a happy relationship and home

quite moody Victorian metal busts of Christ & Mary

who had been performing since the 1910s & is revered for her ribald humor

The book is a spiral-bound paperback

Approximately 4” tall

with a slight bump to Dante’s nose

I believe it’s meant to be the infant Christ

There is also some writing on one page

Rare and unusual engraving of beloved writer Edgar Allan Poe

The horseshoe-shaped wreath itself measures about 8” wide and the shadow box measures 17

but otherwise it’s in great shape & suitable for gentle wear

They are usually detatched as the mirror inside the lid makes it too heavy for the flimsy paper hinge