Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Statuette \Stat`u*ette"\, n. [F., cf. It. statuetta.]
   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 : WordNet®

statuette
     n : a small carved or molded figure [syn: {figurine}]