Cherubic (Presumed Christ) Child With Staff, c. 17th Century Delft Tile tiny this has yet to happen

this has yet to happen

Beside the wear

No holes for mounting on this one but it would be fairly early to drill a couple

stacking them up like this to just leave and admire

but also for the moody manner of the painting

Cherubic (Presumed Christ) Child With Staff, c. 17th Century Delft Tile tiny this has yet to happenSince I started paying attention to antique Delft tiles, I just can't get enough, each one its own special thing, a perfect scale drawing rendered in blue and, happily, baked to endure! A very cherubic child with staff here (I would guess meant to represent the Christ child), toes tipped forward and seeming poised to embark on a long journey which this tile did, clearly living a life, with some old clay grout still clinging to one edge. A nice old