Silver(plate) Madonna, Jenning Brothers Statuette, Earlyish 20th Century be mine Sometimes when I am out

Sometimes when I am out hunting for things I find something that just feels good to carry around in my hand

very poetic feeling to me and quite striking

smaller (child scale)

and then spreading to become widely popular as a folk art in the second half of the 19th c

Silver(plate) Madonna, Jenning Brothers Statuette, Earlyish 20th Century be mine Sometimes when I am outI came across this Madonna at a shop close to me and she struck me as just the right thing to keep around. The silver tone has a really nice softness and smoothness about it, and she looks a lot like a Grecian goddess to me! Stamped JP on the reverse, for Jenning Brothers of Bridgeport, CT, which from what I can find operated from the late 19th to early 20th century, producing jewelry boxes, animal figurines, religious busts, and tableware. 4 1 2" t x