The Ulbricht Red and Blue King Nutcracker stands 10.75 inches tall. He is dressed in the traditional royal uniform complete with lace up boots. Painted in array of vibrant long lasting colors, he is a eye catching piece. Holding a gold toned scepter in his hand, he is ready to rule his kingdom!
Product Details
- Stands 10.75 inches tall
- The Ulbricht tradition has been passed down for 300 years
- Wears in a royal uniform with lace-up boots and holds a gold painted scepter
- Painstakingly hand-painted so no two are exactly alike
- Hand-crafted in Germany
- Techniques have been handed down over many generations
Standing 10.75 inches tall, the Ulbricht Red and Blue King Nutcracker is a vibrant piece. He wears a bright blue and red royal uniform detailed in gold and completed with lace up black boots. Holding a gold toned scepter, he stands proud. Hand-crafted from solid wood, this nutcracker has been hand-painted in Germany with beautiful lasting colors.
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.
