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EL1 - Gorgeous - Hand painted in Darkest Brown & Glossy white porcelain with Metallic gold detail. Please note the ruler in the photos for size reference - this is miniature! Comes with a velvet storage bag. 12pcs. Heirloom quality. Miniature nativities are perfect for someone in the military, living in a small apartment, dorm room, for an office etc. They make perfect gifts.
During the French Revolution when churches were forcibly closed and life size nativities were outlawed, the dedicated french simply shrunk their nativities to a more personal and easily hidden size.
These are actually French Feves or Santons. But they have dozens of uses; doll house miniatures, fairy gardens, shadow boxes, mosaics, memory jugs, jewelry, cupcake toppers, pinata prizes...you are only limited by your creativity.
Made from porcelain and hand painted. Amazingly strong - designed to be baked into a cake! Wonderful detail for something so small. Design is on all sides!
**Please keep checking back - I will be listing hundreds more Feves.
Feves (French for “bean”) are tiny figurines that are made to be put inside a \"King\'s Cake\" for the \"Epiphany\" Holiday, which is celebrated every year on January 6th, the 12th day of Christmas. Tradition states that this is the day that the three wise men or \"Three Kings\" came to Bethlehem, to honor the birth of Christ. Traditionally it was a fava bean that was placed inside the cake. Whoever finds the feve in his or her slice of cake, is king for the day. SInce it was good luck to get the feve in your cake - these little items were saved and treasured.
In the 1870s the bean was replaced with small porcelain figurines; good luck charms, religious figures, saints etc, and a collecting craze was begun! The oldest feves were porcelain. As the years sped by, designs became more elaborate; different glazes were used, they were hand painted or gilded. Following WWI, due to supply shortages, plastic feves were made. Now this tradition of Feve production and collecting has been completely commercialized, and there is a vast assortment of porcelain, plastic and metal figures that are made. A lot of the newest feves are sold in series – more for collecting than for actually placing in cakes. Designs include everything from Harry Potter and Disney to the high fashion shoes and purses. Collecting Feves is very popular in France. The series are generally only produced for a single year.
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