Item Type: Carving

Summary

Full Description: A hand-painted soft paste ceramic candle-holder statuette for use as a table light, of a Father Christmas playing a concertina. There are countless examples around the world of small figurines, carvings, toys and trinkets that use (or more correctly abuse) the concertina as a feature to add 'cuteness' to such objects. The Collection includes but a few examples: the leading collection of such items is that of Henrik Műller of Sweden, whose amazing collection may be viewed here . [http://web.telia.com/~u41321288/figurines/index.html]

Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 4.1-003