This rare antique ex-voto heart is handmade in Czechoslovakia, circa 1920s-1930s, with fine Czech glass seed beads in the most perfect shade of robin's egg blue.
A lithograph of the Virgin Mary / Our Lady of Grace in her crown and blue mantle is at the center, framed by an intricate wavy border of turquoise beads and two dimensional red & white beaded flowers with lime green leaves. The entire heart is hand-wired — no glue.
These beaded hearts were made as devotional objects, shrine decorations and treasured Christmas ornaments. A true piece of Central European folk art.
Measures: 4”w x 3-1/2”h