The Ulbricht Doctor Nutcracker stands 9 inches tall. Express your gratitude to your favorite GP or specialist with the Doctor Nutcracker. Dressed in pristine white, he comes with his medical bag and a needle, always ready to help a patient. Hand-crafted from solid wood, this nutcracker has been hand-painted in Germany.
Product Details
- Stands 9 inches tall
- The Ulbricht tradition has been passed down for 300 years
- Hand-crafted and hand-painted in Germany
- Detailed carved wood construction
The Ulbricht Doctor Nutcracker is an exquisite piece. Dressed in all white and holding a needle and a medical bag, he comes prepared for anything. He is a great addition to any collection or a great gift to your favorite Doctor. Hand-crafted from solid wood, this nutcracker has been hand-painted with long lasting colors in Germany.
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 travelling 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 Ulbricht had to flee to the west with his family. He soon set up the company again in Lauingen at the Danube which has been run by his son Christian Ulbricht since 1968.
After the reunification of Germany, Christian Ulbricht was able to buy back his father's company in Seiffen, so that wood could be crafted with love in his old and his new home.
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.
