Traditional Catholic Statues

                Nativity Sets & Statuary






    Someof the more traditional Christmas nativity sets were made originally bythe art studios of Joseph Poli Art Studio of Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaand Daprato, from Chicago, Illinois. You can see pictures of the Joseph Poli 24 inch Plaster Church Nativity Set here. It can be difficult to find these traditional nativity sets for sale today.

    Onthis page we are displaying the 24 inch set that was believed to havebeen originally designed by artists such as Josephi Poli.
    Picturedbelow is the 24 inch church nativity set. It is made of Plaster ofParis and you can finish it by painting it. Or you can buy thesetraditional nativity sets already painted. We will add a link tosuppliers so you will be able to obtain your plaster statues.

    Thistraditional Christmas nativity set contains Jesus and crib, VirginMary, Saint Joseph, the three wise men, shepherds, sheep, Gloria angel,a ox, a donkey, and a camel with the camel driver. This 24 inchnativity set is made from plaster. And when we say traditional, we meanthat these are the Christmas nativity sets that you may have seen as achild, not those that you see now days often made in China that you seearound today, it is very hard to find any sets like these for saletoday.
                    We are busily working on this site and hope to have more pictures here soon.

20 Inch Nativity Set - Origin Joseph Poli Studios

Picturedbelow are three figures, Mary, St. Joseph and Jesus, from the 20 inchnativity set that was produced in Pennsylvania by the Artist JosephPoli, who designed churches many years ago in the United States. Thisset is presently being restored. You will notice someone put gold paintin areas to cover up the chips that had occured over the years. The 20inch set is identical to the 24 inch set mentioned above. This smallerset is excellent for the home.








Traditional 18 Inch Nativity Cretche for Home Chapel or Church  

This traditional 20 inch plaster nativity set were originally producedin Germany before World War II. This set is made of plaster as manyreligious statues have been made for many years by Christian craftsman.These are not the cheap plastic "milk jug" style sets made in Chinatoday, but beautiful hand crafter plaster of paris cast, sometimescalled chalkware or plaster craft, statues made by Christians artists.Pictured here is the 18 inch set. These sets are now available inAmerica.




This is a picture of a 24 inch plaster Gloria Angel
      prior to being painted by a professional artist.

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Traditional Christmas Nativity sets, 18 inch and 24 inch sets ~ Build you own Nativity Scene.


              Large Traditional Christmas Nativity Sets - 24 Inch

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