Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene red orange yellow and then on the back

and then on the back we learn that the "spatulate hand" indicates an often tyrannical disposition

which could be used for serving all sorts of things

and the sheaf of wheat below tied with a ribbon that runs just to the very edge of the picture frame

) On the reverse side is a non-gridded parallel image of the same

revealing to me at least how little I actually know

Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene red orange yellow and then on the backNot for everyone, surely, but I found this super folky bottle whimsy crucifixion scene pretty hard to resist. Here we have Jesus on the tallest cross and the two thieves who were crucified beside him, and then, I would guess, Mary and St. John standing in front dressed in black for mourning she looking very disturbed but he, oddly smiling. Visible from the back side are the assembled props a ladder, a hammer, and what looks to be a giant matchstick