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Feves

One unusual series of licensed items were small porcelain "Feves". These tiny figures were baked into cakes eaten at the Fat Tuesday celebration prior to the beginning of Lent. Whoever found the feve in their slice either won a prize, or was King or Queen of the celebration.

When I researched feves further, I found that they were very popular in France, and that each year there are dozens of series made of fantasy or fable characters, as well as licensed series, such as Disney, currently popular toys, and other movie favorites. Feves are much collected in their own right.

Feves came in both glazed (glossy) and unglazed (matte or bisque) porcelain versions, and most are under an inch in size.

This is not a complete catalogue, but does picture many of the feves that were available:

Special Edition Ring of Barahir (entire ring is made of porcelain, including stone and gold trimmed band)
I think this is a sample book for bakeries to show their clients. Set of feves came glued into a foldout case
Oversized Display Feve Figure (Eaglemoss Model pictured for scale)
Assorted Disk Style Feves
Assorted Figural Feves