Ulbricht Very Large Santa Musician Nutcracker in Burgundy Coat

Catalog description

Ulbricht Very Large Santa Musician Nutcracker in Burgundy Coat, part number ATI789, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $2199.98.

With its splendid holiday attire and musician theme the Ulbricht Very Large Santa Musician Nutcracker in Burgundy Coat is a decorator's dream. Handcrafted and hand-painted in Germany by the famous Ulbricht name this nutcracker is carved from solid wood and features an old-fashioned Santa with gold spectacles and long white beard cloaked in a burgundy coat. Like legendary images of old Kris Kringle this remarkable nutcracker bears gifts of good cheer: a gorgeous violin with a bow a decorated miniature evergreen tree a gift wrapped in gold and a green sack that appears to be filled with treasures. Holly on the fur-like hood and rosy cheeks mark this 3-foot-tall Santa with the signature signs of the holiday season.

Displayed among your cherished holiday decorations this very large Santa nutcracker will attract all eyes with its timeless heirloom character. A collector's item of highest quality this nutcracker comes with a small brass plate on the front of the base (not shown in image) that certifies the Ulbricht name. The handle in the back also bears the signature of Gunther Ulbricht to verify the authenticity of this beautifully handcrafted piece.

The Story of UlbrichtWood-turning on lathes the Ulbricht grand tradition can be traced back to the small German mining town of Seiffen in the mountains of the Erzgebirge. Records document the Ulbricht family as wood turners from the 1700s.

Otto Ulbricht a professional wood turner who started his own business in 1928 built a new factory in 1934. After World War II when the area became the East German Zone and private industry was taken out of the hands of individuals Otto took his family across the border where they resettled in the Bavarian town of Lauingen near Augsburg. Once settled with his Erzgebirge wood-turning traditions transplanted to Bavaria Otto began again.

When Otto died in 1968 his son Christian Ulbricht now in charge of the family enterprise continued those time-honored traditions. In 1978 Christian expanded his thinking and developed a new company which he named Holzkunst Christian Ulbricht.

In the early 1990s when East and West re-unified and Germany once again became one nation Christian brought back to the family the factory in Seiffen begun by his father so many years ago. Today the company operates out of both locations.

Now in its third generation the Ulbricht family continues to produce wood-turned products of the finest quality. In addition to an extensive line of nutcrackers there are incense burners music boxes figurines pyramids and ornaments geared for Christmas and Easter.

Traditions are very important to Ulbricht. Not only those that strengthen ties to the land and to family but also those that continue the traditions of excellence in production that date back 300 years.

• Decorative
• Nutcrackers