Virgin and Child

This statuette is made in the 16th century in Germany by an unknown artist.

The statuette represents the standing figure of the Virgin supporting on her right arm the Infant Christ, who has a rosary round His neck.

It is made of pipeclay, which is a fine white clay also used to make tobacco pipes and pottery. Conveniently situated on a major trading route, Siegburg was a centre of ceramic production with well-organised workshops and kilns in which also pipe-clay figures were fired.