Antique/Vint. 20th Cent. Australian Saint Therese statue Trica Picchi
Offered for sale is this rare antique/vintage 20th Century Australian painted plaster/chalkware votive statue of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (also known as the Little Flower or Little Flower of Jesus), made by the Melbourne firm Triaca and Picchi (most likely dating from the late-1920’s to 1930’s). One of the most well-known and popular modern Catholic saints, Saint Thérèse was born in France in 1873 and joined a Carmelite community at the age of 15. Often unwell and frail throughout her short lif