Tiny Patterned Animals: Dog Cat Bunny Baby Chick Pony Elephant Bear Giraffe Stuffed Animal French Feves Porcelain Dollhouse Miniatures TT28

TT28- Miniature Whimsical Animals with colorful patterns like polka dots, stripes, flowers and argyle! Just in time for Spring and Summer! We have few of each style, so act quickly! Made of porcelain, hand painted, imported from France. Choose your favorites or the full set! Perfect for crafts, and they look adorable in a miniature Playroom, Nursery, School or miniature home decor/ display. Please see ruler in photos for measurements. **Warning choking hazard: small parts, not intended for use by children.

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These are actually French Feves or King Cake Baby Doll Charms or Prizes. They have dozens of uses; doll house miniatures, fairy gardens, shadow boxes, mosaics, memory jugs, jewelry pieces, cupcake toppers, gifts...there are endless possibilities!


Made of Porcelain. Amazingly strong - originally designed to be baked into a cake.
(Decorative only- not for human consumption). Wonderful detail for something so small. Most feves are under 1.5" tall. Photos are extreme close-ups ...the feves have intricate designs and will look even better from a normal distance!

Feves (French for “bean”) are tiny figurines that are made to be put inside a "King's Cake" for the "Epiphany" Holiday, which is celebrated every year on January 6th, the 12th day of Christmas. Tradition states that this is the day that the three wise men or "Three Kings" came to Bethlehem, to honor the birth of Christ. Traditionally it was a fava bean that was placed inside the cake. Whoever found the feve in his or her slice of cake was king for the day. Since it was good luck to get the feve in your cake - these little items have been collected and treasured for generations.

the 1870s the bean was replaced with small porcelain figurines; good luck charms, religious figures, saints etc, and a collecting craze was begun! The oldest feves were porcelain. As the years passed, designs became more elaborate; different glazes were used, they were hand painted or gilded. Following WWI, due to supply shortages, plastic feves were made. Now this tradition of Feve production and collecting has been completely commercialized, and there is a vast assortment of porcelain, plastic and metal figures. A lot of the newest feves are sold in series – and utilized more for collecting than for actually placing in cakes. Designs include everything from animals to kitchen utensils to rare vases and even garden gnomes! Collecting Feves is very popular in France and other countries. The series are generally only produced for a single year so each piece is special and a limited edition!

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