Ulbricht Nutcracker - Rustic Woodsman LIMITED EDITION

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Ulbricht Nutcracker - Rustic Woodsman LIMITED EDITION Feature

• Limited edition of 2,500 pieces
• Approximately 19.5 inches in height
• Hand-crafted from wood
• Holds a birdhouse in one hand and a bird in the other
• Heirloom-quality collectible

Ulbricht Nutcracker - Rustic Woodsman LIMITED EDITION Overview

The limited edition Ulbricht Rustic Woodsman Nutcracker stands 19.5 inches tall. He wears a brightly colored kelly green hat and a warm beige coat. He holds a birdhouse in one hand and a bird in the other. Beautifully hand-crafted in Germany, this heirloom-quality, limited-edition piece is a wonderful collectible.

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Standing 19.5 inches tall, the Ulbricht Rustic Woodsman Nutcracker is the perfect piece for any nature lover. Beautifully hand-crafted from solid wood in Germany, it is a limited edition collector's piece with only 2500 made. He holds a birdhouse in one hand and a bird in the other. He also has a saw around one arm and mushrooms sit at his feet. With his green hat and long beard, he is an exquisite piece.



An Ulbricht family tradition

Large deposits of silver not only gave the mountain range its name, but also supplied generations of mountain folk with their daily bread. All Ulbricht ancestors were miners - but when the ore supplies started to dwindle those living and working there had to come up with new sources of income. And so the one-time miners first turned their hand to carving and wood turning and then to running businesses.

In 1928 the time had finally come - Christian Ulbricht's father founded the company "Otto Ulbricht-Werksttten fr feine Holzarbeiten und Spielwaren (which translated would be the "Otto Ulbricht workshops for fine woodcraft and toys") in Seiffen. He used his entrepreneurial skill to blend innovative and traditional elements into something unique and the reward for this was a gold medal at the 1936 Great Exhibition in Paris for his designs of nursery clocks and a group of traveling singers (Kurrende choir).

The Second World War and the ensuing dispossession by the communist powers-that-be in East Germany brought an end to the Seiffen-based company. Otto U



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