Noun
A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI was supremely confident my flair for atmosphere and characterization would sparkle alongside the numbing mulch ground out by studio hacks. Certainly the space atop my mantel might be better festooned by a gold statuette than by the plastic dipping bird that now bobbed there ad infinitum. Woody Allen
Stars are rare creatures, and not everyone can be one. But there isn't anyone on earth - not you, not me, not the girl next door - who wouldn't like to be a movie star holding up that gold statuette on Academy Award night. Sue Mengers
Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them. Wilbur Smith
As Berlusconi was shaking hands with the public, a man in the crowd stepped forward and launched the statuette at him. Source: Internet
At the Frick Collection, the bronze statuette “Bellerophon Taming Pegasus” was designed by Bertoldo di Giovanni and executed by Adriano Fiorentino, ca. 1480–82. Source: Internet
Columnist Sidney Skolsky was present during Herrick's naming and seized the name in his byline, "Employees have affectionately dubbed their famous statuette 'Oscar'." Source: Internet