Bowls player : Measurer

In every game of pétanque there comes that tense moment when two balls seem to be the same distance from the jack. Opinions differ, voices rise, and everyone waits for the measurer's verdict. César then bends over the pitch to declare who holds the point. It is a ritual every boules player knows by heart.

This santon is part of our series devoted to the game of boules, a scene of Provençal life played out on every village square. In the Nativity scene, these players bring the setting around the stable to life; they can also be displayed all year round as a souvenir of Provence.

At 4 cm, César suits medium-sized Nativity scenes. He is made in our workshop in Aix-en-Provence, founded in 1934: an original model sculpted by hand by the Fouque family, a plaster mold, regional clay, hand retouching, slow drying and firing at 960 °C. His colors are applied with a brush, one by one.

Discover our boules players in the shop at 65 cours Gambetta or at our exhibitions. César is individually packed in tissue paper and then bubble wrap, and your order ships within 2 to 3 business days.