Christmas nativity scene figurines

I am the santon Mistral… Frédéric Mistral, born in Provence, received the Nobel Prize for Literature. He also worked a lot to make known the santons of Provence throughout the world and had this sentence: "Clay is in the hands of his santon maker what man is in those of God".
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! ...

I am a bourgeois drawn from a well-known romance by Alphonse Daudet "L’arlésienne", a great fresco of universal love. You will appreciate the finesse of the details of this santons.
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! ...

My name is Jourdan, I am Margarido's husband. I like to show that I have a good situation, so I put all my best vests on top of each other. Have you seen Roustide? He took my lantern but never paid me for it!
Inseparable from the Margarido and Roustide santons, these santons symbolize the bourgeoisie, social conflicts and the turpitudes of life!
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! ...

I am Margarido, Mr Jourdan's wife ... and I run a magnificent 'pompe à l'huile' (one of 13 desserts) that I have prepared. Inseparable from the santon Jourdan and Roustide, these santons symbolize the bourgeoisie, social conflicts and the turpitudes of life!
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! ...

I am the Santon Roustide, Margarido and Jourdan's neighbor. This bourgeois from Jourdan says that I never paid him his lantern, but that's not true! In addition my costume is more beautiful than his ... These figurines symbolize social conflicts and the turpitudes of life!
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! ...

Provencal writer born in 1840 in Nîmes, Alphonse Daudet wrote a great many plays and Provençal novels (Letters from my mill, Tartarin de Tarascon, the priest of Cucugnan, Arlesienne, Monsieur Seguin's goat, etc.). This santon pays homage to this essential writer of Provençal literature.
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! ...

I am the 'Niçoise' (Nissarte in Provencal)… I wear the traditional costume with the flowery apron and the straw hat with 3 stars. I lead the baby Jesus with a magnificent bouquet of mimosa typical of my region.
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! ...

The carrier of garlic figurine (Fremo a l’alhet in Provencal) is an elderly woman who leads a braid of garlic to the baby Jesus. Garlic is an essential ingredient for making the aioli or the rouille of bouillabaisse, very popular in Provence.
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! ...

Also called "lou pescaire" in Provençal, the fisherman santon comes to offer a beautiful fish to the Child-King.
You will appreciate the finesse of the details of this santon made in terracotta and painted by hand.
It 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! ...

The wood carrier santon (Bouscatié in Provençal) is an elderly man who brings a bundle of wood picked up from the hill. Poor, he has no present to take to the child king ... so he picked up a few bundles to warm the child Jesus with a good fire.
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! ...

Saint-Benoît-Labre is the patron saint of beggars and the poor. He was nicknamed the lousy one. During his stay in Provence, he conferred the gift of healing (bonesetter). You will appreciate the finesse of the details of this santons.
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! ...

The water carrier figurine (Fremo emé l'aigo in Provencal) returns from the well with the traditional green enameled jug. In the Christmas nativity scene, its role is to wash the newborn baby and give drink to all these good people who have come to see the baby Jesus.
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! ...