Welcome to our Wooden Pyramid Section
Here you will find models of all sizes from vendors of the Erzgebirge.
So called because of their origin in a rigid frame shaped like a pyramid. Hot air rising from the candles drives the propeller blades which in turn move the little figurines around in a stately procession. Their shadows are flashing mysteriously on the ceiling. Figurines depicting Christmas or children or the natural world are going around in a gleam of light.
The first typical models of turning pyramids driven by rising heat were made in the Erzgebirge mountains in 1800. It was the miners of the area who first created these now precious works of folk art.
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