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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 3917745, member: 7724&quot;]could be the remnants of a Fatschenkind that lost its glass case. they were made in convents with all materials that were available. </p><p>as daughters of rich and important families were forced into convents due to misalliances and politics the materials were sometimes of good quality.</p><p>hypocritical names like bambino, Jesuskind etc. were used to hide the tragedy of these women; they were rather an ersatz for real children.</p><p>today mostly found as popular art in Austria and Bavaria.</p><p><img src="https://raetischesmuseum.gr.ch/de/sammlung/objektdesmonats/FotosObjektdesMonats/odm_52_fatschenkind__w_1100__h_0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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