Vintage Mexican Folk Art Pottery Triple Donkey Candleholder vintage sundial and lifts off of the

and lifts off of the the shoe-shaped piece below

It would originally have had four small wicker sling loops for a narrow cord--one can see on the sides

one would just need to wind a string around the wooden peg at top

original to the carving

It seems quite appropriate that it should have been drawn in Nightengale Vale (such a wonderful

Vintage Mexican Folk Art Pottery Triple Donkey Candleholder vintage sundial and lifts off of theThere is some red wax that at some point dripped down the side of the third donkey on this vintage Mexican folk art pottery candleholder which I haven't touched as it rather adds to festiveness (and I didn't want to risk messing up the paint.) It took me a while to notice it though amid everything else going on! This one was made to hold three full sized candles, which just miss the tails of the birds when placed. Hand built, dipped in white slip and