Insence Smoker “Pflaumentoffel” is a old tradition figure.
The first Pflaumentoffel were made about 200 years ago as a lucky charm. The body was modeled from baked plums and the head consisted of a walnut. Only since 1925, he wears a top hat.
The Pflaumentoffel draws on the example of seven to eight years, usually coming from orphanages boy that could be employed by Electoral Saxon approval of 1653 by the chimney sweep master.
They climbed from below through the chimneys and scratching with their Reißigbesen the soot from the chimneys of the urban middle-class houses. This is an early example of state-tolerated child labor.
The short ladder was used to reach the top of the chimney.
For many years the Pflaumentoffel is a souvenir of the traditional Dresden Strizelmarktes.
The smokers out of the house “Armin Brown Wood Art” are lovingly made by hand and decorated with hand-made clothes.
- high about 21cm
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