Description

Type: scraping figure

Workshop: unknown

Object: figure

Material: earthenware (low-fired) and colours: green, red, gold-colored

Dimensions: height: 5.8 cm, width: 1.5 cm, depth: 1 cm

Periode of Manufacture: probably 1800 to 1900

Condition: partial loss of paint and clay

Mark: none

Details:
This scraping Madonna depicts the Madonna of Einsiedeln (Switzerland). The scraping figure is sold for decorative purposes only and not for use as a scraping figure.

A similar scraped Madonna is housed in the Disentis Monastery Museum under the reference number “KMDis 3355”. (Source: CERAMICA CH: simply enter the number 3355 in the “Search Catalog” field on the page https://ceramica-ch.ch/katalog/)