Bear screw nutcracker

Beschreibung

Nice bear-shaped nutcracker Screw operation for effortless cracking of nuts and hazelnuts. Where does Nutcracker or Nutcracker come from? Find out how this tradition was born around 1870. Advent is the season of the Nutcracker. But where does this character in uniform come from? To find out, we need to go back in time, to the 19th century to be precise. Born in the Ore Mountains The nutcracker as we know it today is, so to speak, Saxon. It originated in the Ore Mountains in Germany and the Czech Republic. Wood craftsmanship has reached its peak in the 19th century, after the mining industry had lost its importance. The first wooden figure of this type was turned in 1870 by craftsman Friedrich Wilhelm Füchtner. His inspiration came from a book written in 1816, which established a first link between the figurine and Christmas: in "Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by Ernst Theodor Amadeus HOFFMANN, little Marie is presented with a nutcracker. on Christmas Eve: "Am I so foolish," she says, "to frighten myself so easily and believe that a wooden doll can make me grimace at me! "For Christmas, Marie received a nutcracker. Delighted, the little girl stretches out the wooden puppet in a doll's bed, then falls asleep surrounded by her presents. But at the twelfth stroke of the toys come to life, and a terrible battle begins! The Nutcracker must face the King of the to rescue a princess who has fallen victim to a terrible curse. Little Marie finds herself drawn into a fantastic and…