Christmas village figurines - The miller

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I am the miller, the first villager to hear the call of the angels. I quickly came down from my mill with a sack of flour to offer it to 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! ...

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$17.70

Santons

Sets to compose as you like:

	I am the farmer (Bastidano in Provençal). I take care of all the animals in the Provencal farmhouse: chickens, geese, rabbits, .... I lead a beautiful galine and a basket of eggs to the newborn. 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! ...	Nativity scene figurines - The farmer $17.70
	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! ...	Christmas village figurines - Fisherman figurine $17.70
	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 $53.09
	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 $47.87
	I am the lavender woman (Fremo emé la lavando in Provencal). With her billhook, she picks up a beautiful bouquet of lavender to offer it to the baby Jesus. Lavender is used to perfume linen and make essential oils. 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! ...	Nativity scene Santons - Woman with lavender $17.70

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Coordinates & accessories

Santons of Provence x3 - Miller, Farmer & Fisherman

$53.09

Nativity scene figurines - The farmer

$17.70

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$17.70

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Recreate the nativity scene

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!

Handmade figurines

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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Christmas santons

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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