Miniature Bisque Elf, with Watering Can. German Snow Baby figure. 1920s

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Miniature Bisque Elf, with Watering Can. German Snow Baby figure. 1920s:
$62.99

Miniature Elf, with Watering Can. Snow Baby figure from Germany. 1920s

Elfis of bisque, and then hand-painted and fired.

Red elf suit, with even red boot.

Great face, so detailed as only the German artists really could do.

Long flowing beard.

With a smile on his face, he is holding a sprinkling can.

He is going to water all the flowers in the Christmas village.

2.00\" in height, and in very good condition.

A Snow Baby (or Snowbaby) is a small figurine, usually of a child, that depicts some aspect of the Christmas holidays or of winter sports. The traditional snow baby is made of unglazed porcelain (bisque) and shows a child dressed in a snowsuit; the suit itself is covered in small pieces of crushed bisque, giving the appearance of fallen snowflakes. Figurines of other characters were also made, including Santa Claus, elves and animals such as penguins and polar bears. This is a very early one.

The oldest Snow Babies were manufactured in Germany in the 1890s, and were typically either all white with a painted face, or painted in pastel colors. With the onset of World War I, production stopped;andresumed after the war ended. Even more figures were added, including Santa in action, posing with children, and the list goes on and on.

Their origin coincided with the birth of Admiral Robert Peary\'s daughter in Greenland while he was on an expedition to the North Pole in 1893. She was the first non-indigenous baby to be born that far north (13 degrees south of the pole), earning her the nickname \"snow baby\" from the Inuit. The public\'s fascination with Marie and the discovery of the North Pole in 1909 helped popularize the figurines.

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