St. Nicholas Exhibit
Sample Exhibit Artifacts
Here are 82 of the 264 artifacts in St. Nicholas Center's 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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Photos: Robert E. Potter III, REP3.com, Chicago, Illinois.
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00 - Exhibit title Graphic
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01 - Handwritten Greek Icon, ca 1900
13½ × 12½ inches -
Watercolor, G. E. Mullan, 2006
8 × 18 inches -
Antique Belgian Wood Carving
14 inches High -
04 - Watercolor, Carmela Boccasile, Italy, 1989
10 × 12 inches -
05 - Handpainted Manna Bottles, Bari, Italy
4 – 8⅝ inches -
06 - Icon, Rybinsk, Russia 2005
Oklad from 1800s, 14½ × 17½ inches -
07 - Santo, Latin America, late 1700s
12 inches -
08 - Retalbo, Arthur P. Lopez, Santa Fe, NM, 2001
11 × 19¼ inches -
09 - Icon, oil on incised wood, Yevgeny Levchenko, 1990s
14 × 24 inches -
11 - Ex-voto, Mexico, 1940
10⅝ × ½ inches -
12 - Ex-voto, Tlaxcala, Mexico, 1904
12½ × 7¼ inches -
13 - St. Nicholas pointing to the Christ Child
Llandro Pocelain Figures, Spain 2003, 1987
11 × 3½ & 15½ × 5¼ inches -
14 - Medal commemorating 9th Centenarian of the Translation of St. Nicholas' relics
1987, Bri, Italy, 4 Inches -
15 - Hinterglasbild, reverse glass painting
Austria, 2000, 7⅞ × 10½ inches -
16 - Stone carving, Joseph Chiffriller, 2001
16 inches -
17 - Print, Carmella Boccasile
Bari, Italy, 2002
16¾ × 18 inches -
18 - Chocolate Boxes, Austria
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19 - Hagiographic Icon
Rynbinsk, Russia, 2005
17 × 15 inches -
20 - Encaustic Icon, Ismir, Turkey, 2005
5 × 7 inches -
21 - Replica Statue, Demre, Turkey, 2005
8½ inches -
22 - Kilim, Turkey, 1999
12 × 24 inches -
23 - St. Nicholas church souvenirs, England, US, Czech, France
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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
12 × 12½ inches -
27 - Figure, German, 2003
10¾ inches -
28 - Acrylic on wood, Ken Widing, USA, 2004
19 inches -
29 - Acrylic Painting, Laura James, USA, 2005
15 × 20 inches -
30 - Hinterglas, reverse glass painting
Austria, 1880s, 9½ × 12 inches -
31 - Ceramic Plaque
Maur Van Doorslaer, USA, 1995
10½ inches -
32 - Bronze, Germany, 2000
3¾ × 4 inches -
33 - Handwritten Icon, Niculita Darastean, Romania, 1998
9 × 12 inches -
34 - Print, Church of Königsfelden, Switzerland
7⅜ × 11½ inches -
35 - Speculaas (cookie) Board, the Netherlands, 1997
9 × 14 inches -
36 - Speculoos (cookie) Board, Belgium, ca 1850
5⅛ × 11 inches -
37 - Back of sugar mold, Europe, ca 1790–1830
5⅛ × 8⅝ inches -
38 - Sweets from Belgium and the Netherlands
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39 - Tea & Liqueur, Austria & Belgium
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40 - Antique Cookie Cutter, Belgium
9 × 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 × 9½ inches -
51 - Dough Figures, Lorraine, France
6 × 11 & 4¼ × 5⅛ inches -
52 - Oil, Reverse Painting on Glass
Magdalene Hniedziewicz
Poland, 2001
4¼ × 5⅛ inches -
53 - Hand carved Cookie Mold
Oldrich Kvapil, Czech Republic, 2003
with decorative cookie, 3⅝ × 9⅛ inches -
54 - Czech Figures, glass, wood, ca 1960 & 1930
10 & 7 inches -
55 - Wood carving, Andrej Wojtczak
Poland, 1997
10 inches -
56 - Story Painting, acrylic on canvas
Alexander Boguslawski, Poland/USA, 2003
36 × 48 inches -
57 - Oil on canvas, Central European
Old Master, mid-1700s23 × 32 inches -
58 - Oil on canvas, Bari, Italy
14th–15th century
30 × 25 inches -
59 - Sinterklaas Count-down Calendar
The Netherlands, 2004
12 inch diameter -
60 - Commercial Display, the Netherlands, 2005
27½ × 25 inches -
61 - Illumination
Book of Hours,
Paris, France
4⅝ × 6½ inches -
62 - Oil on Canvas, Nicola De Marinis, Italy, 2005
8 × 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 tall -
66 - Painting
Anna Maria De Terlizz,
Bari, Italy, 2006
9½ × 12 inches
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67 - Marotte
Lorraine, France, 2005
5½ × 13 inches -
68 - Reverse Glass Icon, Ioana Popescu
Romainia, 2002
12 × 12½ inches -
69 - Nutcracker, Seiffen, Germany, 1992
13 inches -
70 - Etching, #33/200, Ernst Fucks
Austria, 1970
13 × 14 inches -
71 - Enameled Bronze Icon, Russia
9 × 10⅜ inches -
72 - Paoer Creche
Prague, Czech Republic, 2001
19 × 10 inches -
73 - Paper Craft Figure & Boot
Austria, before 1930figure 10 inches -
74 - Terra Cotta Mug
Sint Niklaas, Belgium, 1994
4½ × 6⅞ inches -
75 - Sinterklaas toys from the Netherlands
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76 - Saint Nicholas
Commercial Display,
Belgium, ca 1970
14 × 30 inches -
77 - Santa, USA, ca 1950s
12½ × 17 inches -
78 - Sinterklaas Backpack with toys
The Netherlands, 2000
9 × 17 inches -
79 - Coca-Cola Advert
Belgium, ca 1950 7 × 4½ inches -
80 - Royal Doulton Plate, England, 1976
8 × 8 inches -
81 - Bas-relief Icon, Sofia Christine, USA
10 × 12½ inches -
82 - Chromolithograph, Russia, 1902
19 × 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