Bittersweet House Folk Art

Gilded Floral Masterwork Chalkware Santa

Catalog #S447 — 5" Hand-painted Folk Art Belsnickle

$165.00

Hand-painted to order — a masterwork for your collection.

S447 Gilded Floral Chalkware Santa with iridescent Florentine design of stylized flowers, hearts and scrollwork

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The Artistry

An enchanting harmony of color. The S447 chalkware Santa is a luminous example of European-inspired folk art. The coat features a complex, all-over Florentine design, reminiscent of 18th-century Italian tapestries and hand-painted giltwood.

The background is painted in an antique cream with a unique iridescent shimmering quality that creates an ethereal glow as it catches the light. The intricate botanical motifs—stylized tulips, delicate fleur-de-lis, and ornamental hearts—are rendered in a soft palette of coral, garden green, and dusty rose. A gold glaze luster is hand-applied to the design and hat, lending the piece a regal, antique patina.

Product Details: Cast from a rare French Létang fils antique chocolate mold measuring approximately 5 inches, this Masterwork figure is accented with sparkling fine diamond crystals that mimic the look of fresh frost.

Every figure is hand-signed, numbered, and dated on the bottom: Bittersweet House Folk Art, Kathryn Campbell.