Vintage French Santon Vivalle Clay Doll Figurine Village Woman 9.5” TerraCotta

Traditional French Santon Clay Doll Figure Village Peasant Woman Approximately 9.5” tall with wooden base Terra cotta head, feet and hands Wrapped wire legs and arms, wire goes into wooden base stand Padded torso Dressed in thickly quilted burgundy fabric skirt, dark green shirt, black printed fabric apron and cream satin pantaloons Hand painted facial features Carries chicken and bucket of eggs French Santon dolls and figures are an age old tradition in France, made from terra cotta clay by craftsmen and artists. They began as religious creche figures and figures of Saints, and then they began to make them to honour the everyday Saints of regular French life, the villagers and peasants and workers.