Exclusive to Market Hill is Sacred Heart Antiques. Jessica Fairbrother travels the world to bring a fresh container of rare French and Italian finds to the spring and fall show. Here is a small sampling of what you’ll find at Sacred Heart Antiques this fall.
An 18th-century Italian wooden statue of St. Rita (patron saint of impossible causes), presides over an old taxidermy lamb wearing a crown, a carved ebony crucifix, 2 tole jardineres, and St Joan of Arc. All found in France.
An 18th-century Italian Christ Child is surrounded by treasures found on the latest buying trip. Antique crowns, altar sticks, vellum books, and an 18th- century angel’s wing mounted on a modern base come together to tell a story.
A wonderful 1880s French pipe-clay Madonna with cherubs at her feet stands guard in an18th-century Italian niche’ beside an Italian reliquary and a metal statue of Jesus as a child with lamb.
This monotone serene vignette includes a crowned French taxidermy duck which looks over its shoulder at a terra cotta art nouveau bust, a carved Italian finial, and an 18th-century saint’s hand holding an early nun’s rosary.