Erzgebirge Nutcrackers and Smoking Men Raeuchermaenner at The Wooden Wagon
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    Erzgebirge Nutcrackers and Smoking Men Raeuchermaenner

    It was not until around 1870 (some fifty years after Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" was written) that the first nutcracker in its now-familiar form was carved by Wilhelm Fuechtner (1844-1923) in his Seiffen workshop. Today, this legacy is continued by Volker Fuechtner, the great-great-grandson of Wilhelm and the sixth generation to run the family workshop in Seiffen. Since then, many other workshops have offered their own designs of nutcrackers and smoking men: we are happy to offer the finest examples, all handcrafted in the Erzgebirge.