Thank you Vic!,
They are Halloween fun...
The history of the masks and how I have them is;
...Way back in the days when author Anne Rice, who lived 3 blocks from my house and was big news (The movie "Interview with the Vampire" with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt was a local hit) and vampires were a hot item in New Orleans, I used to make a variety of vampire related art including these ceramic masks in many styles that I used to sell in her gift shop while she had it and in my own little Gallery. I was really good friends with a few of her close assistants. I still have a few, and use them at Holiday time.