Brand: Limoges France
Item: Small handmade nativity set featuring a porcelain stable and five miniature figures.
Design: Rectangular open-front stable with brown tiled roof, white walls with brick-style corners, and a gold-tone metal star finial rising from the roof peak. Interior backdrop features black and gold starburst motifs with a yellow floor suggesting straw.
Details: Figures include Mary in pink and blue robes, Joseph in an orange-brown robe, Baby Jesus resting in a yellow manger with a blue cloth, and two animals—a stylized white lamb and a brown cow—each in a reclining pose.
Materials: Glazed porcelain construction for the stable and figures with multicolor hand-painted enamels and metallic gold accents, plus a metal star element.
Markings: Underside is hand-inscribed Limoges France Peint Main J. Dumont and numbered 867/1250, indicating a limited edition hand-painted piece made in France.
Use: Ideal as a tabletop Christmas nativity display for a mantle, shelf, or curio cabinet, and well suited for collectors of miniature Limoges porcelain.
Style: Traditional Christian nativity scene rendered in a whimsical French porcelain design with bright multicolor glazes and compact scale.
Condition: Hand-painted Limoges nativity set shows very light wear from prior display with a few tiny surface marks and minor paint and glaze irregularities from production. No chips, cracks, or repairs; metal star is straight and firmly attached. Includes stable plus five figures (Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus in manger, lamb, cow); original box is not included.