[a. F. figurine, ad. It. figurina, dim. of figura: see FIGURE and -INE.] A small carved or sculptured figure.
1854. trans. Lamartine’s Celebr. Char., II. 333. He [Gutenberg] himself polished Venetian glass for mirrors, or cut pieces of it into facets, setting them in copper frames ornamented with wooden figurines representing personages from history or fable, from the Bible or the Testament.
1883. Pall Mall G., 15 March, 2/2. One of these [works] represents a Roman girl, with hair flowing over her shoulders, selling figurines at the doors of a temple.
