The first nutcracker to appear in the Dickens Townsfolk Nutcracker Series is The Lamplighter (ES1919SIG). This nutcracker stands at 18.5 inches tall and is an exclusive limited edition of 7,500 pieces, with an even further limited number of pieces signed by Karla Steinbach. This Lamplighter nutcracker comes complete with a lantern in one hand and a hook in the other to turn out the lights. Historically a lamplighter was employed by the town and lit all of the streetlights with a wick on the end of a long pole at sundown and at dawn return with the same pole with a hook on the end to turn them off.
Nutcracker Details:
- First in Steinbach's Dickens Townfolk Series
- 18.5 inches tall
- Signed by Karla Steinbach
- Comes in classic white Steinbach gift box
- Introduced in 2008
- Handmade, carved and painted in Germany
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