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Thursday, March 22, 2012

G is for Girls, Grandad and Gallic Gunmen!

Just a quick one tonight, the photograph can tell you almost as much as I can, previously unknown to me these were at an antiques fair at Alexandra Palace this Sunday just gone, and I would assume some sort of decorative items.

The subject matter is a bit 'Dickensian', or...more like the output of both the Italian company Nardi, who - in plastic - do a lot of rural/rustic/nativity stuff and the Spanish firms who make the little terracotta people with paper hats,; Bull-fighters and maids usually, with childlike countenances.

As these are also terracotta, I'm guessing somewhere in the South-west of France? They seem to be a group of 'village' women, an older Shepard and a group of younger hunters? Any other information on these and the company - Senton - would be most welcome. Height is around 65mm.

Later - much later; Now known to be Santons, French nativity scene items
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4 comments:

  1. Sam WiseMarch 22, 2012 at 10:18 PM

    ... It seems that they are figures used in South of France (Provence) for the Nativity .
    Their name is "Santon de Provence".
    tried a quick search on e-bay: nothing for this manufacturer (an old one it seems) but you can also do a search with "santon organon"...
    if I'll have time, I'll do for you!
    cheers,
    Pascal

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  2. Hugh WalterMarch 23, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    Thanks Sam - I should have Googled it myself really but it was a quick post and if I Googled everything I'd never get anything published! I did wonder if 'Organon' was a department, prefecture or arondisment or something...nice when you fill in the blanks.

    Thanks again
    Hugh

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2018 at 9:14 AM

    Good morning,

    Senton is a medicin, produced by Organon. Organon is a pharmaceutical industry, with its roots in the Netherlands (city of Oss). They had also a branch in Brussels (Belgium).

    With best regards,
    Paul de Jong

    p.jong@gmx.de

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  4. Hugh WalterFebruary 1, 2018 at 2:30 PM

    Thanks Paul! Very useful; so you think maybe they are S'a'ntons issued as a premium of some kind with S'e'nton products?

    By coincidence, there are some more Santons in the queue!

    H

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