4 VTG ANTIQUE 1950 GERMAN FAIRY TALE WALL FIGURES BY HELLERKUNST, MUSICAL GNOMES For Sale

This listing is for 4 different hand made, hand painted wooden wall plaques from Germany. They are just beautiful. Each one has a \"name\" on the back in German. For instance, one says Filoter, but I couldn\'t get Google to translate it. Two are stamped HellerKunst and also stamped with their fir tree logo.
In researching, I found that these fairy tale wall plaques were a complete art form in Germany, most being made between 1930 and 1970. These fairy tale wall hangings were made for the most part by 3 artists - Mertens, Heller and Ravi Kunst. I assume they are brothers?
I put these four at 1950, based on the age darkening of the pieces, and the style of shoes for the gnomes. They are beautiful and each has a really fun vintage wall hanger on back. I have seen these hangers before - I bought a large lot of vintage 1950s signs one time, and got a whole package of these type hangers in their original envelope. The hangers are from the 1950s.
The gnomes are beautifully designed and painted, with just a few small chips to the plywood on the edges. They don\'t detract, but are there, and worth mentioning.
Overall these display better than most of the figures that I have had in the past that are from this group.

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