Nativity Scenes From – Europe Part 2

This is the third in a series of posts about nativity scenes from different world areas. We began in Europe with Italy. Now we will survey some other European countries represented in the collection: England, Ireland, Spain, Russia, and Denmark.

England

A beautiful set by Royal Doulton:


Ireland

A set made of Irish limestone
One of several crystal nativity sets made by Waterford, this is the Contemporary nativity.



Spain

Here is a set by Porcelanas M. Requena, made in Valencia, Spain. The blue and white plate in the background is by another Spanish firm, Santa Clara Porcelana.


A set of nativity ornaments by Lladro, the renown porcelain establishment from Spain.

A large Lladro nativity. The plate in the background is the Lenox "Trees Around the World" for 2008 representing Spain:

This Spanish hand-painted clay set is called "mud people." The figures have the cutest faces. I plan to do a post just on this series.

Russia

Hand painted wood nativity from Russia:

Here is a set of handpainted wood Nativity Tree Ornament in the style of Russian matryoshka dolls.

Denmark

This is a vintage handpainted wood nativity set from Denmark, done in a colorful folk style.

Another crystal nativity set is also a contemporary design, from Dansk.

Europe Part 3 will cover nativities from France and Germany.

Since this post has so much blue, i decided to link it to Blue Monday so others can enjoy the many nativity sets.

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