St. Nicholas Center ::: Artifacts

St. Nicholas Traveling Exhibit
Sample Exhibit Artifacts

Here are 82 of the 264 artifacts in St. Nicholas Center's travelling exhibit, St. Nicholas, Discovering the Truth About Santa Claus. This representative sampling includes antique and contemporary museum quality pieces along with items from popular culture. Together these artifacts and images from around the world tell the story of Saint Nicholas.

Image files for publicity purposes

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00-Exhibit title graphic

01-Handwritten Greek Icon, ca 1900
13½ x 12½ inches

02-Watercolor, G. E. Mullan, 2006
8 x 18 inches

03-Antique Belgian Wood Carving
14 inches high

03-Handwritten Icon, Niculita Darastean,
Romania, 1998
9 x 12 inches

04-Watercolor, Carmela Boccasile, Italy, 1989
10 x 12 inches

05-Handpainted Manna Bottles, Bari, Italy
4 - 8 5/8 inches

06-Icon, Rybinsk, Russia 2005
Oklad from 1800s, 14 ½ x 17½ inches

07-Santo, Latin America, late 1700s
12 inches

08-Retablo, Arthur P. Lopez,
Santa Fe, NM, 2001
11 x 19 ¼ inches

09-Icon, oil on incised wood,
Yevgeniy Levchenko, 1990s
14 x 24 inches

11-Ex-voto, Mexico, 1940
10 5/8 x ½ inches br>

12-Ex-voto, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1904
12½ x 7¼ inches

13-St. Nicholas pointing to the Christ Child
Lladro Porcelain Figures, Spain 2003, 1987
11 x 3½ & 15½ x 5 ¼ inches

14-Medal commemorating 9th Centenarian
of the Translation of St. Nicholas' relics
1987, Bari, Italy, 4 inches

15-Hinterglasbild, reverse glass painting
Austria, 2000, 7 7/8 x 10½ inches

16-Stone carving, Joseph Chiffriller, 2001
16 inches

17-Print, Carmella Boccasile,
Bari, Italy, 2002
16¾ x 18 inches

18-Chocolate Boxes, Austria

19-Hagiographic Icon,
Rybinsk, Russia, 2005
17 x 15 inches

20-Encaustic Icon, Izmir, Turkey, 2005
5 x 7 inches

21-Replica Statue, Demre, Turkey, 2005
8 ½ inches

22-Kilim, Turkey, 1999
12 x 24 inches

23-St. Nicholas church souvenirs
England, US, Czech, France

24-Candy Containers, Germany,
Belgium, Netherlands
5 - 11¼ inches

25-Sinterklaas on Horse,
Pipka, USA, 2001
13¼ inches

26-Canvas Print, Fra Angelico
Miracle of San Nicola di Bari
21 x 12 ½ inches

27-Figure, Germany, 2003
10¾ inches

28-Acrylic on wood, Ken Widing, USA, 2004
19 inches

29-Acrylic Painting, Laura James, USA, 2005
15 x 20 inches

30-Hinterglas, reverse glass painting
Austria, 1880s, 9½ x 12 inches

31-Ceramic Plaque,
Maur Van Doorslaer, USA, 1995
10½ inches

32-Bronze, Germany, 2000
3¾ x 4 inches

34-Print, Church of Königsfelden,
Switzerland
7 3/8 x 11½ inches

35-Speculaas (cookie) Board,
the Netherlands, 1997
9 x 14 inches

36-Speculoos (cookie) Board,
Belgium, ca 1850
5 1/8 x 11 inches

37-Back of sugar mold, Europe,
ca 1790-1830
5 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches

38-Sweets from Belgium and the Netherlands

39-Tea & Liqueur, Austria & Belgium

40-Antique Cookie Cutter, Belgium
9 x 8 inches

41-Chocolates and molds, Belgium &
the Netherlands
up to 20 inches

42-Ceramic Sculpture
Maria Di Terlizzi,
Bari, Italy, 2004
21½ inches

43-Ceramic Figure,
Emile Just Bachelet,
France, ca 1920s
14 inches

44-Terra Cotta Figure,
Josephina Aguilar Alcantara,
Mexico, 2005
5½ inches

45-Figure, Bari, Italy, 2001
13 inches

46-Statue, Malta, 2004
24 inches

47-Chalkware Figure,
Monica Marceau, USA, 2001
5 inches

48-Incised & Handpainted Gourd,
Julie Rossetti, USA, 1995
10½ inches

49-Duncan Royale St. Nicholas,
USA, 1983
11 inches

50-Inlaid Wood Plaque, Alsace,
France, 2003
6½ x 9½ inches

51-Dough Figures, Lorraine, France
6 x 11 & 4¼ x 5 1/8 inches

52-Oil, Reverse Painting on Glass,
Magdalene Hniedziewicz,
Poland, 2001
4¼ x 5 1/8 inches

53-Hand carved Cookie Mold,
Oldrich Kvapil, Czech Republic, 2003
with decorative cookie, 3 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches

54-Czech Figures, glass, wood,
ca 1960 & 1930
10 & 7 inches

55-Wood carving, Andrzej Wojtczak,
Poland, 1997
10 inches

56-Story painting, acrylic on canvas,
Alexander Boguslawski, Poland/USA, 2003
36 x 48 inches

57-Oil on canvas, Central European
Old Master, mid-1700s
23 x 32 inches

58-Oil on canvas, Bari, Italy,
14th-15th century
30 x 25 inches

59-Sinterklaas Count-down Calendar,
the Netherlands, 2004
12 inch diameter

60-Commercial Display, the Netherlands, 2005
27½ x 25 inches

61-Illumination, Book of Hours,
Paris, France
4 5/8 x 6½ inches

62-Oil on canvas, Nicola De Marinis, Italy, 2005
8 x 8 inches

63-Chalkware Figure,
Judi Vaillancourt,
USA, 2001
9½ inches

64-Figure, Ruth Clotfelter Camenisch,
USA, 1995
22½ inches

65-Cornhusk Figure,
Czech, 1982
This figure started it all
8½ inches

66-Painting, Anna Maria De Terlizzi,
Bari, Italy, 2006
9½ x 12 inches

67-Marotte,
Lorraine, France, 2005
5½ x 13 inches

68-Reverse Glass Icon, Ioana Popescu,
Romania, 2002
12 x 12½ inches

69-Nutcracker, Seiffen,
Germany, 1992
13 inches

70-Etching, #33/200, Ernst Fuchs,
Austria, 1970
13 x 14 inches

71-Enameled Bronze Icon, Russia
9 x 10 3/8 inches

72-Paoer Creche,
Prague, Czech Republic, 2001
19 x 10 inches

73-Paper Craft Figure & Boot,
Austria, before 1930
figure 10 inches

74-Terra Cotta Mug,
Sint Niklaas, Belgium, 1994
4½ x 6 7/8 inches

75-Sinterklaas toys from the Netherlands

76-Saint Nicholas,
Commercial Display,
Belgium, ca 1970
14 x 30 inches

77-Santa, USA, ca 1950s
12½ x 17 inches

78-Sinterklaas Backpack with toys,
the Netherlands, 2000
9 x 17 inches

79-Coca-Cola Advert,
Belgium, ca 1950
7 x 4½ inches

80-Royal Doulton Plate, England, 1976
8 x 8 inches

81-Bas-relief Icon, Sofia Christine, USA
10 x 12½ inches

82-Chromolithograph, Russia, 1902
19 x 27½ inches

83-Hand Decorated Egg,
Ukraine, 2006
2¼ inches

84-Haddon Sundblom,
Time advert, 1955

85-Thomas Nast Illustration,
Harper's Weekly, 1881

86-Thomas Nast Illustration,
Santa Claus & His Works, 1869

Photos: Robert E. Potter III, REP3.com, Chicago, Illinois.