Chocolate mold, 11" tall x 5.25" wide. Model # 21120S. Germany: Anton Reiche, 1927-1939.


Santa Claus hoisting a sack of gifts and holding up two fingers is a two piece metal chocolate mold with two clips and an open bottom. 


Both sides of the mould are stamped with the number 29, indicating an exact match, and the edge is also stamped with "T.C. Weygandt Co. New York" as well as "Made in Germany."


According to the website Dad's Follies, "Weygandt was the sole U.S. agent for Anton Reiche chocolate molds from 1885-1942. When Germany began preparing for war in the 1930s, Weygandt was unable to get chocolate molds from Reiche and began manufacturing molds himself, initially copying known Reiche designs. He eventually developed his own molds. Weygandt’s early molds were marked 'T.C. WEYGANDT Co. NEW YORK' on two lines."


Anton Reiche was the largest and most famous chocolate mould manufacturer in Germany, established in 1870. 

According to Judene Divone in Chocolate Moulds: A History & Encyclopedia, "In his factory in Dresden, Reiche employed artists and sculptors, and his early moulds reflected the same detail and workmanship as the porcelain figures and beautiful Christmas tree ornaments produced in Dresden and Meissen areas...Rieche became the 'Master' mould maker; his designs were adapted or copied by other firms in Europe and the United States, and have now become classics."