ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Figurines

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Francisco Guerrero (1727–1796) was an important figure in Madrid's book trade in the second half of the 18th century. Left on the margins of historiography, he now comes to light thanks to the study of a body of documents preserved in the Diocesan Historical Archive of Madrid: the estate established following the death of his heir and only daughter Florencia, who died unmarried and without issue in 1797, a few month…

Reference · Wikidata

small item resembling a person or animal, sometimes part of a larger work

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

A figurine or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with clay, metal, wood, glass, and today plastic or resin the most significant. Ceramic figurines not made of porcelain are called terracottas in historical contexts.

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