An antique "Snowbaby" is a unique creation with its two hundred year history influenced by both a search to find the North Pole and enterprising German marketing. 

In the early 19th century in Germany, "zuckerpuppen" or little sugar dolls were candy toys made for scenes under the Christmas tree.  Marzipan makers later began making tiny figures of white fondant rolled in sugar to look like snow and this eventually lead to the use of molds to produce 'snowbaby' figures in bisque.  The earliest all came from Germany (the Hertwig Co.) as the figures grew in popularity in the later 1800's.  The spark that boomed snowbaby interest was Admiral Perry's exploration to find the North Pole which coincided with the birth of his first child, Marie, in 1893.  As the news spread, the nickname given by the Eskimos and Greenland natives for Marie was Snowbaby.

1. a waving and skiing snowbaby rarely seen in purple boots and with a green pole; height of 2.2 inches
2. the origin is Japan and dated to the 1930s or earlier
3. exceptionally fine features for a Japanese snowbaby and is in excellent condition  
4. please contact for info and questions
5. multiple item combining is usually possible to save on shipping but please request invoice before purchase 
6. skillfully packaged and shipped using clean recycled materials
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