Craftsmen in the erzgebirge have been making nutcrackers, smokers, carousels, christmas ornaments, and other handcrafts for more than 200 years. In woodwork lessons we manufacture christmas decoration of the erzgebirge ore mountains. German christmas nutcrackers german christmas traditions. June 2018 newsletter leavenworth nutcracker museum. Click on each image for a larger view and more information. Buy german christmas nutcracker king red 27, 5 cm 11 inches authentic german erzgebirge nutcrackers christian ulbricht. Often the nutcracker is the image of authorities from the past. What would erzgebirge folkart be without its nutcrackers. The nutcracker with the black hat has a seal to its underside which reads erzgebirge made in german democratic republic.
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Each nutcracker is depicted with a red military suit, blue eyes, white moustaches, beards, black boots and gray painted bases. This nutcracker shows a traditional saxon ore miner in his dress uniform. Brighten the holidays with nutcrackers from seiffener volkskunst, one of the finest manufacturers in the erzgebirge. We only sell original erzgebirge crafts from the german erzgebirge. Traditional nutcrackers erzgebirge a typical german christmas decoration. Every nutcracker we carry is a real german nutcracker from erzgebirge by chrrisian ulbricht or steinbach.
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Vintage erzgebirge wooden nutcracker of soldier germany. Erzgebirge erzgebirge nutcrackers at replacements, ltd. Shipping charges may apply all sizes in inches are approximate. When the silver occurrences of the erzgebirge became scarce, the miners earned their living with wood goods.
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