Feves figurines catalogue

476 items

Porcelain figurine (Fève) for baking, Fèves are hand-painted, porcelain or ceramic figurines that originated in France. More

Porcelain figurine (Fève) for baking,
Fèves are hand-painted, porcelain or ceramic figurines that originated in France. They are made to be stuffed into an Epiphany Cake, or Cake of the King (Gâteau de Roi) for the "Epiphany" Holiday (La fête de l'Épiphanie ou fête des rois). This is celebrated every year on January 6 and tradition holds that this is the day the three wise men came to Bethlehem to honor the baby Jesus. A long-standing tradition in France is to bake a cake and put a bean (fève) in it. The person who finds the bean in his or her pastry is king for the day. More recently, this "bean" has been replaced by a ceramic or porcelain figure. This tradition has been commercialized, and there is a very wide range of porcelain and gold figures made for the Epiphany. They often have different names, King Cake figures, Epiphany figures, or "Fèves". The sets can contain 6 to 12 figures.

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Number of figures and statuettes

476

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Oldest item

BUCKINGHAM Golden bean (1992)