PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUIS Painted Wood and Gesso Cristo Crucificado gilt mirror These pieces offer many creative

These pieces offer many creative uses

The silver mounted decoration would have been done by a silversmith converting it into a drinking vessel

With custom white glass shades

5 Depth 32

including leaves that flare upward

PEDRO ANTONIO FRESQUIS Painted Wood and Gesso Cristo Crucificado gilt mirror These pieces offer many creativeDETAILS An antique carved wooden and gesso crucifix figure of Jesus Christ on the cross hand painted with natural pigments. STYLE Spanish Colonial Folk Art COLOR(S) Polychrome PLACE OF ORIGIN New Mexico United States MAKER Attributed to Pedro Antonio Fresquis (American, circa 1749 1831) Active: Truchas, New Mexico PERIOD Early 19th century DATE Circa 1800, later cross DIMENSIONS Width 16. 5 Depth 4. 5 Height 31. 75 inches CONDITION Note: the cross is