Soulful 18/19th C Carved Santos / Mannequin Bust with Glass Eyes and Polychrome polyps the fabric of her body

the fabric of her body is in good shape with seams all holding tight

especially for the fact that they are monogrammed with three initials on one side (FVZ

I’ve been having a bit of a moment with carvings of eagles in one form or another of late

Sold in the old red cardboard box I found them in

And then "Viola" humbly written in pencil at lower left

Soulful 18/19th C Carved Santos / Mannequin Bust with Glass Eyes and Polychrome polyps the fabric of her bodyLate 18th early 19th century continental European would be my guess with this saintly, very soulful beauty, once part of a whole carved wooden figure. Clearly with some loss around one glass blue eye, and it looks likely like some old repair repainting around the other, which to me makes her look all the more soulful and expressive, as if the patron saint for women who have endured despite the odds stacked against them. (and I find the exposed wood on