Christmas village figurines - Fisherman figurine

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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! ...

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$18.57

Santons

Sets to compose as you like:

	The santon of the flower seller wears the traditional 19th century Arles costume, with my ribbon headdress and my 7-fold shawl. Her name is Mireille and is living a forbidden romance with Vincent the basket maker. 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! ...	Christmas village figurines - The flower seller $18.57
	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! ...	Ceramic nativity set figurines - The garlic carrier $18.57
	I am the washerwoman (bugadiero in Provençal) but I do not collect lavender… No, I wash the laundry in the washhouse or by the river with Marseille soap or ashes. You can also call me the 'bugadière', the bugade being the place where we do a lot of laundry at the river. 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! ...	Miniature christmas figurines - Washerwoman $25.58
	Create your own French nativity creche with these boxes of 3 characters that form a coherent set. These genuine santons of Provence are handmade by a santonnier in Aix en Provence. In this lot you will find the lavender woman, the man carrying hay, and the man carrying wood, available as 6 or 9 cm height... Each figurine is unique and stamped, crafted by a French 'artisan d'art' and labelled twice 'meilleur ouvrier de France' (best France craftman) ...	Santons of Provence x3 - From the hills $55.72
	The Nativity scene animals are sold in sets of 3 to 5 terracotta figurines with four combinations and 2 sizes to choose from. These are coherent sets to recreate the pastoral atmosphere of a village of Provence. Each figurine is unique and stamped, crafted by a French 'artisan d'art' and labelled twice 'meilleur ouvrier de France' (best France craftman) ...	Santons of Provence - Animal crib sets $50.24

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Real provencal 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.

hand painted terracotta figurines

Christmas figurines

In the crib, each character has a specific function to help recreate the Nativity scene surrounded by a village in Provence. Apart from the subjects of the stable, unavoidable, old Provencal trades are represented: baker, miller, shepherd, garlic seller, washerwoman, fisherman, and many others.

In fact, it is about reviving a village as if Jesus had been born in Provence: the angel Boufarèu (blower) announces the news to the shepherds. All the inhabitants converge on the stable to see the Newborn. They cross the hill, with their baskets of crops, their animals, go through the olive groves, and all the Provençal landscapes are represented.

So let yourself be transported by the magic of a Provençal crib, and immerse yourself in the world of santons, jovial and cheerful figurines. The spirit of Christmas is already blowing through your home!

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.

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