German Erzgebirge Smoker Professor Incense Burner Exc
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This is a smoking man from Erzgebirge Germany. It has been stored for about 30 years, never displayed or used. He is very shiny and new looking, although I don't have the box. He is a professor on his way to teach a class. He holds his long pipe in one hand, and his book bag in the other. He has a wooden scarf tie in front of his long buttoned wooden coat, and a rumpled felt hat. He has white hair, mustache and beard, and glasses.You lift the coat straight up to find the incense burner plate, which has never been used.He is 7 1/2" tall. He has the original label which reads: Original Erzgebirge expertic Made in German Democratic Republic.I bought the Professor from G.A. Westphal Imports at 225 5th Avenue in New York City in about 1975. Mr. Westphal was very old then, and enjoyed talking about the lovely things he sold in his tiny shop. He told me this smoking man was made in the Black Forest region of Germany, which is high country in the Ore Mountains, before the fall of the Berlin Wall.I fell in love with this guy and intended to use him on a music box. Turns out he was too tall to be used in that way. It's time for him to have a home w he will be admired and enjoyed.If you would like more pictures, just ask.Thanks for looking!
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