The first two featured below I had found in Paris years ago and have been held in thrall ever since by such exquisite delicacy of details...

c. late 19th century
spelter
[13 cm high/ 3.5 x 5.5. cm base]
CAD/US$200/Euros140
*This tiny crowned Virgin and Child is based on the statue above the east transept altar in the 17th century Notre-Dame-des-Victoires church built by Louis XIII in Paris [2eme Arr.]
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