Hand Carved Wood Figure King /Saint Holding Key

Bought this a few years ago




it measures 21x5 cm
I bought this, thinking it was St. Peter, but then realising that St. Peter wouldn't be wearing a crown ...
But now I found this similar figure, with the information that it is St. Peter:
https://www.trocadero.com/stores/an...24/Carved-Mexican-Wood-Santos-Figure-St-Peter


I also found this one Ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335363257634

but no further info regarding the king/origin.

Is this indeed St. Peter? And any idea when & where mine was made?
French like this one?
https://www.bibelotandco.fr/en/wooden-subject-sculpt-saint-a-la-tenaille-popular-art-breton-h3502

As this last one has pliers and mine has a key, could these be patron saints Eligius & Baldomerus?

 

Well, Peter is often shown with a key as he has the "key to the kingdom." Pliers? I dunno!

 

By 'pliers' I meant 'pincers', and that would be fitting for St. Eligius/Eloy (etc., as he's known by various names)
https://www.americanfarriers.com/articles/st-eloy-patron-saint-of-farriers-and-blacksmiths
"A 13th century stained glass window depicts St. Eloy holding the devil by the nose with a pair of pincers."

 

Most of these are Spanish souvenirs, from the 1960s onward. Yours is indeed St Peter.

 

We're had a number of similars on here. As above. They're little decorative items meant to invoke Medieval carvings and marketed as souvenirs in the 1960s-1970s.

Debora

 

I can't find any similar to mine
I could only find this 60s Spanish St Peter

 

As Debora said, we've had a few on the forum. If I remember correctly they were posted as 'primitive' or 'Medieval', maybe you'l find them that way.

 

only saw her reply after I posted my previous reply. Didn't notice it came in while I was typing.
I tried to find those older posts, but no luck so far. But that doesn't matter. The mystery is solved