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A LARGE COLLECTION OF CRECHE FIGURES ITALIAN AND SPANISH, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000
The comprehensive group including Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child, the Three Kings, shepherds, peasant men and women, young boys and girls, beggars, merchants and assorted animals, most with terracotta hands and feet, some with glass eyes, wearing both 18th century and Middle Eastern dress of all social strata, some robes of metallic brocade, silk and satin, others of linen and hopsacking (minor damages and repairs, some figures with props such as walking sticks, crutches, bagpipes, and gifts for the Holy Infant) ----- average height 15 in. (38 cm.) (78)
The comprehensive group including Mary, Joseph and the Christ Child, the Three Kings, shepherds, peasant men and women, young boys and girls, beggars, merchants and assorted animals, most with terracotta hands and feet, some with glass eyes, wearing both 18th century and Middle Eastern dress of all social strata, some robes of metallic brocade, silk and satin, others of linen and hopsacking (minor damages and repairs, some figures with props such as walking sticks, crutches, bagpipes, and gifts for the Holy Infant) ----- average height 15 in. (38 cm.) (78)