in the white, the nun modelled seated and balancing a book to the lap held in the right hand, the other hand outstretched by the knee, dressed in a copiously draped habit with wide cowl and narrow scapular, 14.5cm high

It has been suggested that this figure may be male, Pat Daniels proposing in her book 'The Origin and Development of Bow Porcelain' (Farringdon, 2007) that it represents the actor David Garrick en travesti, as discussed in the final chapter 'Let the Porcelain Speak'.