WOODEN TOY SOLDIER NUTCRACKER...
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And Pipe-smokers! ... On the German Christmas market, you put some incense in, and the smoke comes out their mouths.
The nutcrackers that we see at Christmas time, we call the wooden toy soldier nutcrackers even though they come in many different characters besides the traditional soldier.
These nutcrackers were seen in many homes in the Erzgebirge (the mountainous region in the eastern part of Germany which borders the Czech Republic) even before 1800.
This was a mining region, and during the long Winter months, the men spent their time making wooden products for the family.
It was tradition that a nutcracker in the window kept the family safe from evil spirits and danger.
he first nutcrackers were made in the design of kings and soldiers.
They were made by common folk, who liked to have the kings and soldiers working for them, cracking their nuts...
In 1872 Wilhelm Füchtner, known as the “father of the nutcracker,” made the first commercial production of nutcrackers using the lathe to create many of the same design.
The one I photographed here, about 30 cm tall, is actually NOT a nutcracker, though his mouth does open and close, it is a music-box, a collector's item..
Wishing you a lovely day and thank you for all the comments, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
wooden, toy, soldier, nutcracker, Christmas, "music box", smokers, black-background, colour, design, studio, square, NikonD7000, "magda indigo"
WOODEN TOY SOLDIER NUTCRACKER...
#AbFav_DECEMBER
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
And Pipe-smokers! ... On the German Christmas market, you put some incense in, and the smoke comes out their mouths.
The nutcrackers that we see at Christmas time, we call the wooden toy soldier nutcrackers even though they come in many different characters besides the traditional soldier.
These nutcrackers were seen in many homes in the Erzgebirge (the mountainous region in the eastern part of Germany which borders the Czech Republic) even before 1800.
This was a mining region, and during the long Winter months, the men spent their time making wooden products for the family.
It was tradition that a nutcracker in the window kept the family safe from evil spirits and danger.
he first nutcrackers were made in the design of kings and soldiers.
They were made by common folk, who liked to have the kings and soldiers working for them, cracking their nuts...
In 1872 Wilhelm Füchtner, known as the “father of the nutcracker,” made the first commercial production of nutcrackers using the lathe to create many of the same design.
The one I photographed here, about 30 cm tall, is actually NOT a nutcracker, though his mouth does open and close, it is a music-box, a collector's item..
Wishing you a lovely day and thank you for all the comments, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
wooden, toy, soldier, nutcracker, Christmas, "music box", smokers, black-background, colour, design, studio, square, NikonD7000, "magda indigo"