tall vintage paper mache ~ 3 kings / wisemen from nativity ~~ any info

[sheilasday]

hi...any info on these  thre  tall kings/ wisemen  from  nativity story....about 15 inches tall

gilded  paper  mache

red  ribbon  with   faux jewels  was on one..part of  ribbon still there..  fell off when  i  touched  it...maybe  not   " originally" made with the  jeweled  ribbons

look   old  to me...maybe 50's

cant find them on internet

want  to  sell...have  no  clue to value

i  think  they  are  very nice...unique..each king  very different  ..with  different beards   and  headpieces.....maybe  they  once  held   gold  frankensence  and myrhh...?

any info  appreciated  ! 

[patd3283]

Probably a home craft project.

I made a whole series like this probably in the 50s*60s.

[sheilasday]

please bump

[funkotronic]

We have a set of these, a full three Kings. They are from a sculptor, female, Beverly Hills area from the late 1950s to early 60s. Still don’t have a name... Working on that one.

[funkotronic]

Upon closer examination, I see that the ones we have are sculpted from the ground up, I did not realize these examples pictured were using premade faces. In ours, everything is hand sculpted other than the jewels in the treasure basket.