A LATE GOTHIC, 15TH CENTURY FRENCH LIMESTONE HALF LENGTH FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD the Virgin wearing a crown with flower head decoration, her hair centrally parted and falling down in delineated curls, her mantel carved with a decorative scrolling foliage and beaded border, supporting the Christ Child in the crook of her left arm, his hair finely delineated, his mouth in a slight smile and his left hand reaching back to hold on to the Virgin, raised on a later wooden plinth, roughly carved and flat at the back (probably from a niche), the Virgin 66cm high, 76cm high overall The slightly S shaped pose of the Virgin is typical of the late Gothic period.