20+ Hand Made German Putz Farm Figures Christmas Tree Village Model Railroad Toy


20+ Hand Made German Putz Farm Figures Christmas Tree Village Model Railroad Toy

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20+ Hand Made German Putz Farm Figures Christmas Tree Village Model Railroad Toy:
$219.99


Selling a striking, pre World War II wooden German made forest scene for the putz / under Christmas tree village. This fascinating Pre War German putz / forest display of 20+ figures will be perfect for under your Christmas tree! This is from Eastern Germany between Leipzig and the Czech border. It was made by the last owner\'s Grandfather for his family\'s Christmas display during the great depression when there was no money for Christmas decorations from a shop. The maker had a sense of humor and made a realistic forest scene for his putz display. The big eyed squirrel makes you laugh. Buyer pays shipping, insurance and tracking. May be picked up in Pompton Plains, NJ 07444. THE LOVING MANUFACTURE OF THE PUTZ FIGURES OCCUPIED THE FARMER FOR HAPPY WINTER NIGHTS BEFORE A Christmas MORE THAN 80 YEARS AGO. Years after the set was deemed complete, the family continued to set it up under their candle lit Christmas tree. These wonderful, hand made and hand painted folk art figures are in very good condition with a minor patina of age and use. The putz display (the under Christmas tree miniature village) was originally beloved by the Germans, and was a custom brought to America by German immigrants. In German American strongholds, it was a late 19th and early 20th century custom to \"Go Putzing\" as a Christmas holiday custom. This meant that groups of men would stroll through the neighborhoods of towns like Bethlehem and Easton, Pa., and knock on the door of friends or strangers and go in and see the Christmas tree and putz display, compliment the effect profusely, eat some cookies, have a drink, exchange greetings of the season and then depart for the next stop. The putz display occasionally was quite elaborate with mostly home built structures, a nativity scene, farm scenes including tiny barns, fences and outbuildings, scraps of broken mirrors to simulate skating ponds, tiny bridges, little trees, a miniature zoo with animals, in the late 1940s and early 1950s Barclay lead figures of skaters, skiers, sledders, and a couple out for a horse drawn sleigh ride in a green cutter sleigh, and bottle brush trees with cheery red wood bases. By the 1920s, Japanese paper houses were also appearing in the putz display along with electric trains. The high point of the putz displays appears to be from 1919 through World War II. After the war simpler Japanese paper houses, and Barclay lead figures generally made up the putz (village) display, and by the 1960s, the last gasp of the putz was a couple of cellophane sleeves of four plain white glitter houses and a handful of the Barclay skiers and skaters. Then the putz totally went out of fashion with the advent of mini lights, bubble lights, and silver colored fake trees with the color wheel. Now the baby boomers are once again building putz, the under Christmas tree village has surged in popularity. The miniature vignettes are gracing our Christmas trees once more.

20+ Hand Made German Putz Farm Figures Christmas Tree Village Model Railroad Toy:
$219.99

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