Miniature Bisque Santa Claus, on Top of House, Emptying Presents. German. 1900s

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Miniature Bisque Santa Claus, on Top of House, Emptying Presents. German. 1900s:
$107.38

Miniature Bisque Santa Claus, on Top of House, Emptying Presents. German. 1920s

I have not listed any of these for a great deal of time, but we just have to downsize, so I am hoping that these miniature snow baby items will get a new care-taker. They have been in our collection for decades, having started collecting them before they were popular. We always used these in snow village and putz scenes, mostly in our glass cabinet between the dining room and the den.

Made of bisque and of great detail, if you look closely.

Yellow brick house, with pillars on both sides of the door, detailed windows.

Red roof, with brown chimney.

On top of that roof is Santa Claus emptying his sack of toys down the chimney.

Really so detailed down to the toys, and the joyful expression on Santa\'s Nose.

2.00\" and in very good condition.

What is the shortened history of these little miniature bisque figures? They belong to a collecting category referred to as \"Snow Babies.\"

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. Admiral Perry and his wife were stationed in the North Pole, and they had a white little girl. The Eskimos had never seen a white baby, so they nicknamed her \"Snow Baby.\"

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. These figures being listed this evening are from the very early 1900s, previous to World War I, and all are marked \"Germany.\"

There is nothing wrong withthis little German figure. TheseChristmas items being listed today arein very good shape.They arevintage, notreproductions. I guarantee that. I start all my sales at .99 cents as it is an sale and I just never cared when I went to live sale and thesaleeer started very high, and then spent time backing down to get a offer. I know it is a low offer, but that is how I list every item on .

I am more than happy to combine postage to save money.

Just let me know you are multiple offerdingand I will invoice you when you are finished offerding and wish for me to send the items. Then, I will combine postage and send to you, and send final invoice. If any questions about this, please email class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 117pt 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 27.0pt;\">