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Lindner Porcelain

Porcelain doesn't have much in common with the element of gold. The mere fact that the alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger was supposed to make gol...

Greiner-Perth Glaskunst

The first known mention of the Greiner family as glass blowers is around 1450 in Baiereck in the Schurwald (district of Esslingen). First recogniz...

Nostalgie

Nostalgie Christmas ornaments are manufactured in the old tradition of craftsmanship such as artisans did it a 100 years ago. The precious, mouth-...

Glas-Bartholmes - Glasmalerei “Thüringen Weihnacht”

  The glass christmas ornaments of my grandfather and great-grandfather is what determined the profile of my company. The handcrafted craftsmanship...

Kleinkunst aus dem Erzgebirge® Müller GmbH

Ringo Müller's family-run workshop in Seiffen is one of our finest woodworking partners. Fourth-generation Ringo and his family take pride in cont...

Klaus Merten

In 1985 Klaus Merten opened his small family workshop in Seiffen to produce typical Erzgebirge folk art as a master wooden toy maker. He patterned ...

Martina Rudolph

Martina Rudolph and her husband are among the leading woodcarvers who produce these trees, as well as ornaments, wall and window decorations and li...

Füchtner Nutcrackers

Wilhelm Friedrich Füchtner (1844-1923), known the world over as the "Father of the Nutcracker" produced the very first "mass production" nutcracker...

Erzgebirge Wooden Folk Art

The Erzgebirge is a low mountain range just north of the Czech Republic border in the German Province of Saxony, south of Dresden. Although origin...

The Schaller Family Business

Carl Schaller ~ Ino Schaller ~ Dieter Schaller ~ Thomas Schaller from 1894 to the present. Carl Schaller started a company in his home to produce p...

MAROLIN® by Richard Mahr GmbH

The Richard Mahr company was founded in the 1900 by Richard Mahr in his parents' home in the town of Steinach, Thuringia. Like many family craft bu...

Inge-Glas® of Germany

Beginning in 1597 in Lauscha, Germany, the Müller family created mouth blown glassware. Two and one-half centuries later, in the 1860s, the Mül...