Large Nativity Sets for Church or Home
Painted and Unpainted Nativity Sets
NOTE: We receive inquires occasionally about this set, We will send you additional information when it comes available on where to find this rare set, please email us if you are interested in being placed on our lists. These sets come available at auction occasionally, in the $3,500 to $5,000 range.
NOTE: This set will be available for Christmas this year...email us.
NOTE: We recently received a email from someone who has an extra original figure of one of the kings from this set and is willing to allow it to be purchased. (I understand that other pieces can be duplicated from the other statues in the nativity set owned by the same person.)
On this site we are compiling pictures of traditional nativity sets made of plaster. The angel for the above set can be seen at Large Plaster Gloria Nativity Angel These sets are the old fashioned type that you use to see years ago in churches at Christmas time. Today it is very hard to find these beautiful old traditional sets. Instead you find the cheap "made in China" sets --- something that I would not want to have in my home. It took decades to find a set of these traditional statues. Above we have a pictures of the 24 inch traditional nativity set. These were said to originally have been designed by the Joseph Poli Studios formerly of Pennsylvania. Mary and St. Joseph and the infant Jesus look very much what we would expect from a nativity set from this time period. We will be compiling more pictures of nativity sets this year and we will put them on this site. The set above is constructed of plaster of paris sometimes called chalkware or plaster craft. We have collected a number of these fine art sets and will be adding more photos before Christmas this year. It takes a lot of work to photograph and edit pictures for the internet, since we are new at this.
We will provide information on where to obtain the statues pictured here when we locate a source. Many of these business are closing do to the lack of interest in religion. If you are interested in these religious statue write us at, when we have a source we will let you know.
Often these type of manufacturers do not have web sites. One person who has original copies of these sets plans to put up a site whith information on the old fashioned type of nativity sets that were around in churches and homes years ago. Some of these staues were from 24 inch statues found in churches, to the 18 inch sets that are suitable for home use. The larger 24 inch can also be displayed in the home. Some just purchase Mary Saint Joseph and Jesus and a few nativity sheep and display them under the Christmas tree on on a large table. My mother displayed her 24 inch set for many years by placing it in the center of the large dinning table that she had in the parlor. The kneeling statues in the 24 inch set are about 20 inches tall. Only the standing statues are actually 24 inches tall. The manufactures go by the tallest figure in the set when referring to height. I will try to get measurements of each statue from this set latter this year. The 24 inch set can be displayed outside on the lawn if it is put in a protective shelter, using plexiglass to keep the weather from getting to the plaster statues themselves.
REPLACEMENT FIGURES FOR 24 INCH NATIVTY SET
Often figures from these old time traditional nativity sets will get broken, especially the arms and hands of the infant Jesus. Replacement figures can still be purchased. If you need replacement figures for the 24 inch plaster nativity set, please contact us. Individual nativity set figures can be reproduced and made to order. These larger 24" inch plaster nativity figures are made after the order is placed for them, because the set is quite large they are not kept in stock by most religious supply stores. If you need replacement figures email us - click the link below and we will send you information on where you can still get figures from.
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Oct 4, 09