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Waving in cheerful greeting, this hand-painted ceramic Santa is pure vintage Christmas cheer.
Maker: Unmarked
Materials: Ceramic, hand-painted
Dimensions: Approx. 4.5" tall
Era: Vintage 1970s–1980s
Condition: Very Good. Light crazing on his face and minor paint loss on the bottom of one boot. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
He wears the classic red-and-white suit with gold buttons and a black belt. He's unmarked and genuinely hard to find; we haven't come across another quite like him.
A fun pick for any Santa collector, or a cheerful little shelf sitter for holiday decor.
The Santa most of us picture today took shape over many decades. Illustrator Thomas Nast gave him a round belly, white beard, and workshop at the North Pole in Harper's Weekly drawings beginning in the 1860s, and Haddon Sundblom's warm, red-suited Santa for Coca-Cola advertising, which began in 1931, fixed the look in the public imagination. By the 1970s and 1980s, that familiar figure was a staple of American holiday decorating, and small ceramic Santas like this one turned up on mantels, shelves, and tabletops every December.
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