Trumpet Angel
Material: hand carved wood, hand painted
Size: 10 cm (3,9 in) tall, total size incl. wings 12 cm (4,7 in)
Age: 70s
Origin: Grulich, Czech
This angel is mounted on the side or on top of the crib! Wire on the back.
Condition:
Very good condition.
Grulich nativity figures
Grulich nowadays called Králiky in the Czech Republic is located at the foot of the Eagle Mountains in Northern Bohemia. Emperor Joseph II. forbade any christmas cribs in churches. After that at the end of the eighteenth century around the grulich area began a massive production of nativity figures for home use. There are many variants of the Grulicher figures, some are roughly, others very fine carved. The wood carvers in the Adlergebirge were mostly seasonal workers. Women and children painted the figures. The Grulicher crip production goes down during the upcoming industrialization at the end of the 19th century.
