Small animal figurines - The kid

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Like the lamb, the kid is very symbolic in the Christmas crib and is one of the essential animal figures. He is accompanied by the goat and often associated with sheep and shepherds.
Tip: for more realism, do not hesitate to create a herd converging towards the nativity scene!
This hand painted terracotta santon is available in 6 and 9 cm (2.4 or 3.6") high.
Each subject is unique and stamped, made by a craftsman twice the best worker of France ... to create a sublime Christmas crib and amaze young and old! ...

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$9.06

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	Like the sheep, the goat is very symbolic in the Christmas crib and is one of the essential animal figures. It is accompanied by its kids and often associated with sheep and shepherds. Tip: for more realism, do not hesitate to create a herd converging towards the nativity scene! This hand painted terracotta santon is available in 6 and 9 cm (2.4 or 3.6") high. Each subject is unique and stamped, made by a craftsman twice the best worker of France ... to create a sublime Christmas crib and amaze young and old! ...	Small animal figurines - The goat $9.06
	The dog is the guardian of the sheep and the goats in the Christmas crib ... He assists the shepherds to make the flock converge towards the nativity scene. It is offered here in brown (6 cm figurines) and beige (9 cm figurines). This hand painted terracotta santon is available in 6 and 9 cm (2.4 or 3.6") high. Each subject is unique and stamped, made by a craftsman twice the best worker of France ... to create a sublime Christmas crib and amaze young and old! ...	Small animal figurines - Dog nativity set $11.33
	This hare melts young and old ... Use it with other farmyard animals (roosters, chickens, ducks, rabbits and geese) to bring life and realism to your nativity scene. Create a set and give your crib an effect of movement. This hand painted terracotta santon is available for figurines in 6 and 9 cm (2.4 or 3.6") high. Each subject is unique and stamped, made by a craftsman twice the best worker of France ... to create a sublime Christmas crib and amaze young and old! ...	Small animal figurines - Hare $9.06
	The rooster, emblem of France, is above all the keeper of the henhouse. It will usefully brighten up your nativity scene by giving it life and realism. Don't forget to add a few chickens, geese and ducks to it to recreate a barnyard and give your Christmas crib a moving effect. This hand painted terracotta santon is available for figurines in 6 and 9 cm (2.4 or 3.6") high. Each subject is unique and stamped, made by a craftsman twice the best worker of France ... to create a sublime Christmas crib and amaze young and old! ...	Small animal figurines - Rooster $9.06

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Quality santons

All our santons are real Provencal Christmas santons. They have been handcrafted in terracotta and painted by hand for 3 generations.

Each subject is first modeled by hand to create the mold. In production, each subject is hand painted, color by color, in oils and acrylics.

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Did you know?

The French word santon comes from the Provencal santoun which means "little saint". Originally, the living cribs were intended to recreate the scene of the Nativity in the churches, and since the Middle Ages under St. Francis of Assisi. But the French revolution banned them in public, which led families to use dummy figurines to continue the tradition in their homes.

These characters were made of different materials (paper mache, breadcrumbs, plaster). In Marseille, in the nineteenth century, the competition of Neapolitan merchants who sold santibelli, has generated a resistance from the Provencal santonniers. The latter imposed the cooked clay and proposed their creations on markets of santons. These are still very popular today, in parallel with the Christmas markets.

Christmas crib origines

Originally, it was Saint Francis of Assisi who, in 1223, staged a representation of the nativity with real characters and animals (living crib).

It was not until the beginning of 1800 that cribs reappeared in churches (after the ban by the French Revolution). At that time, a Marseillais, named Louis Lagnel, had the idea to model the characters of the nativity in clay, and to create molds to reproduce his models in series. He also represented the people who lived around him, the baker, the grinder ... The first santon and the Provençal crèche were born, and the Provençals contributed greatly to its expansion throughout France.

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