Charming Little Striped German Erzgebirge / Putz Houses, A Pair wooden drawing tool it features four "cages" of

it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball"

and feature dark orange backs

late 19th/very early 20th century I believe

they are really quite beautiful in person

the wild music floats

Charming Little Striped German Erzgebirge / Putz Houses, A Pair wooden drawing tool it features four "cages" ofThe 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