Typicall though, while most Santons,
including those from Senton are
painted and between 50 and 80mm, these are 120-odd and undecorated! However I'm
sure enough they are Santons as the French changed the
rules on who could attend the Nativity and decided that occasional guests could
include celebrities and presidents - past and present - while one of the 50
regular guests is the hunter, complete with anachronistic firearm!
These are fired terracotta with a couple of
chips on the hat brims, revealing that they were finished with a dark varnish
wash or dip.
These aren't Santons, being more decorative or ornamental but
of the same sort of subject; country bumpkins, so they can go here. They were
photographed on Adrian's stall back in the summer, and seem to be
blow-moulded polystyrene, done in the style of the Casein figures that turn-up
occasionally and/or Japanese celluloid blow-moulds.
However they actually have what appears to
be a British 'Registered Patent' application number round the base; hers not
clear, his quite readable; R.P. No. 8863-something
obscured by what looks like an Araldite
repair. They have wooden bases to match the similar casein models.
Yet I wonder if the RP could be Republique Provence?
They remain a mystery - unless you know better (?) - are figural and are
interesting . . . and; to be honest - look more Spanish or Portuguese than
anything!
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