This buy it now auction is for a fine Italian composition vintage nativity group believed to date from the 1950s or 1960s.

They comprise a total of 13 figures.Please see the 12 photos supplied.

They are well detailed and colourfully hand painted.

I have described them as composition a handy euphemism for “not sure”.They seem to be wooden or celluloid.

The figures each have made in Italy labels and may well be by Fontanini

Condition is very good.

Measurements are:

Tallest figure

11.6cm (4 1/2 inches)

Longest animal

Recumbent horse

10.4cm (4 inches)