Bidspirit auction | Steinbach Wood Baseball Nutcracker

Steinbach Wood Baseball Nutcracker - 15 inches tall. A hand-painted wooden nutcracker depicting a baseball player, produced by Steinbach Volkskunst. The figure is dressed in a green and white pinstriped cloth uniform consisting of a short-sleeved jersey with two wooden buttons and matching trousers. The athlete wears green felt stirrups over white socks and dark green painted wooden shoes. He holds a natural-finish wooden baseball bat across his front and wears a coordinating pinstriped cap with a green felt brim and a brown wooden button finial. The face features painted eyes, rosy cheeks, and a movable jaw mechanism with painted teeth, framed by blonde synthetic hair. The figure is mounted on a circular natural wood base. A gold-toned scalloped foil tag is attached to the uniform by a yellow cord, featuring red text that reads STEINBACH Prasent VOLKSKUNST AUS HOHENHAMELN HOLZGALANTERIE MADE IN W. GERMANY. The underside of the base bears a stamped black logo within a scalloped border featuring a crown and stylized tree, reading ORIGINAL STEINBACH VOLKSKUNST GERMANY. The item is accompanied by its original cardboard storage box. A large red and white circular label on the box end reads STEINBACH VOLKSKUNST AUS HOHENHAMELN MADE IN WEST-GERMANY. An adhesive label on the upper right corner of the box end reads 604425 STYLE 6007. The main label has been modified with adhesive tape and a handwritten inscription reading Base Baller 5870.