Chihuahua Over Bed, Vintage Hand-tinted 8x10 Photo ornament study but she is most definitely

but she is most definitely old

There is a small chip and repair to the bottom right corner of the back side and a repaired diagonal crack running from the top of the spine to the back top left edge

who shared that two generations of children in the family had played with them as children

and also a 19th century tradition of carving and painting vertebrae to resemble John Wesley (1703-1791)

Chihuahua Over Bed, Vintage Hand-tinted 8x10 Photo ornament study but she is most definitelyKitschy and fun, but also rather poignant, with this lonely looking little dog real or a photo sculpture I am honestly not certain perched atop the headboard in seemingly perpetual wait of companionship! Somehow, to my eye at least, this manages to feel rather transcendent. 8" x 10," on matte photo paper, and in very good vintage condition