Polychromed Carved Wooden Figure of a Franciscan Saint Vintage

Polychromed Carved Wooden Figure of a Franciscan Saint VintageItem: Polychromed Carved Wooden Figure of a Franciscan Saint Additional Description Hand carved devotional sculpture depicting a Franciscan friar standing in traditional habit and holding a small religious figure, likely the Christ Child. The saint is shown with a tonsured hairstyle, long robe, and simple corded habit characteristic of Franciscan iconography. Traces of the original polychrome decoration survive throughout, including black, blue gray,

The sheet shows visible plate marks

French and Continental workshops often combined carved wood elements with applied decorative composition ornament to create richly layered surfaces at a range of price points

Surface rubbing

signatures

Made in India (common after WWII

backing shows age and wear

Edge irregularities

Antique Large Cloche

One example retains part of its pivot hardware

The underside reveals traditional 19th-century workshop construction

decorated at the corners with applied gilt bronze wreath cartouches

Vintage condition with age-related wear including surface scratches