Another one of those wall plaques - but this isn't made of plaster

Hello, and a my best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Peaceful 2021 to you all.

I bought this wall plaque with a view to it being hung in a gite. It only cost me €1. So I just looked at with a view to the impression it gave. Now I am framing it (at least three years later) I am surprised at the degree of detail, and wonder how it was produced, and when.

I think it is made of resin, when tapped with a fingernail there is a dull response. The mould would have needed to be flexible or something like the lost-wax process, as there are thin edges, and delicate patterns. I don't know how easy it will be see but in particular the sculturer's dress, apron and hair, the cushion on the stool, and the tableau on the wall. I don't know the period of her clothes (this is France).

The final photo, does, I think, have some writing that I cannot distinguish. The whole floor looks as if it has been written on, perhaps it was part of a spy network.

Any of your thought would be welcomed; thank you.

 

It measures: 14.7cm x 20cm x 13mm at it's thickest down to 9mm over most of it.
It weighs 435g, isn't that a bit high for resin?

 

I've just tried a wet cotton bud on the black paint on the back, and all that came off was a little dirt. I assume that it must have been hand painted? With wat paint?

 

Is the material soft? Can you scratch it with your finger? It might be bee's wax. Bee's wax wall plaques were made as air fresheners.

 

I’m not seeing anything that looks like a signature yet (which doesn’t mean there’s not one there somewhere maybe!), but did you go around all 4 of the edges???

 

No. It is solid and hard. Can one paint bees wax?

 

I hadn't. Must remember edges in the future. But no, theree is nothing written or stamped an any of them.

 

@Aquitaine Where I can see writing is on the final photo; the bottom and penultimate row of tiles; the three plus a bit tiles from the rhs. Could all be becausee I want to see something, rather than reality.

 

On closer examination, at the bottom, in her ‘dress’ sideways, and have circled what “COULD” be a signature, and underlined what I see as indistinct writing.....but am not sure we’ll ever make anything more out of it..... @i need help????

HA!!! It also helps if I post what I’m talking about!!!!!!! SORRY!!!!

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My underlining in the left am guessing part of it says Something “of 2” and on the right almost looks like a date, but can’t be sure......

 

This is a little wax angel ornament I have had for over 30 years. She's a little worse for wear but I still love her and hang her on our tree every year!

 

You're right, but I don't think anything can really be decyphered. The date looks like 1901, however the 1 could be a French 7, as it looks like a bar on the 1. I can see that on your photo but not on the original. The lighting in old French houses is not good. The windows are put in for heat preservation rather than light.

How would 1901/7 fit in with her dress and hair style?

 

I can see £2 in the top rh corner. Where you see a five letter word ending in SS, I see £2 * £30.