Always dashing and ready to help, Nutcracker Puss in Boots is ready to crack even your toughest nut. Handmade by artisans of the Christian Ulbricht Company; they've been making nutcrackers by hand in Germany's Erzgebirge Mountains, where wooden nutcrackers first originated, since 1928. Perfect from Oktoberfest to Christmas (and to be honest, he'd be welcome in any home all the year round).

This is a working nutcracker (the lever in back operates his jaws), made by hand of solid natural finish woods. The cat's dark hair is lush faux fur and his eyes are glass. About 15" tall x 5 1/2" wide x 4 1/2" deep. Like any respectable musketeer, he also brandishes a sword (wooden, of course). Unlike most nutcrackers, it's not our cat's jaws that crack the nut; no, Puss in Boots cracks nuts under his chin. There's a little mousy at his feet. Handmade in Germany.

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