Charming Little Striped German Erzgebirge / Putz Houses, A Pair wooden drawing tool the wild music floats

the wild music floats

with its name referring to the fabled Fountain of Youth said to have been located in Florida

with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction

and a clown conducts the proceedings on this sweet wooden box

and the back is a pretty marvelous almost grain-painted looking whit/pale blue/rose

Charming Little Striped German Erzgebirge / Putz Houses, A Pair wooden drawing tool the wild music floatsThe hand painted red stripes on these two completely delights me, I would guess intended to make them look Christmas y, but to me making them look quite carnivalesque! Terrific painted roofs, too. German, I think these would be described as Putz, which evolved from the German word "putzen" meaning to clean or to decorateas beginning in the late 19th c. or so these were used to decorate around Christmas nativity scenes. I believe this pair dates to the