Vintage Christmas Santa - Victorian Scraps

With Christmas just around the corner I've been searching through some of my images 

and thought I would post some fun vintage images I have in my archives.

I personally don't like to invest a lot of money in Christmas themed vintage scraps; but as I browse the web and search auction sites for other Victorian related paper products and dolls...

I have a tendency to save images for reference.

Today I'm posting some of my favorite Santa finds.

Happy Holidays and Enjoy!

L&B # 30513 Santa Heads

I collect L&B articulated paper dolls so in my hunt for those I run across great Christmas images by them on a regular basis.  L&B (Littauer & Boysen) made a large assortment of Santa images from the 1880's through the early 1900's and these two extra large heads are among my favorites.

I think it's interesting to see a traditional and old world Santa together on the same sheet and I love that one has blue eyes and the other brown.

I tend to favor the higher quality German scraps from the Victorian era and find that L&B 

produced some of the best Santas out there so a majority of the images I'll be posting 

are L&B but there are also a few other makers thrown in for some interest.

A set of 6 L&B attached Santas - stock number 3493

Many Victorian dies by German manufacturer L&B came in attached sheets 

similar to this one seen above.  I believe this is a full sheet but am not positive.

Here is an example of one Santa from the above sheet

 

L&B Sheet with 2 attached Santas

I love the fact that many of the European Santas are dressed in colors other than red 

in the above example there is a traditional "red" Santa and then a fun one in blue.

Two Vintage Victorian Santas - L&B Sheet 30703

Two nice examples of Old Word Santas can be seen above.

An attached sheet of St. Nicholas figures by German mfg L&B c1900

There are also a nice selection of Victorian St. Nicholas figures available on the antique market.

A huge multi sheet of L&B St. Nicholas Santa Heads

There are also some interesting "Santa" finds if you look hard enough.

This one below has been on my "wish list" for a long time; so, I just spluged and bought it.
This A&M (Albrecht & Meister) sheet was made in Germany in the late 1800's or very early 1900's and with the seller also being in Germany it may not arrive till the New Year - but what a treat.

An unusual sheet of Mystic Santa Heads - Sheet #7796 A&M (Albrecht & Meister)

The Victorians had a sense of whimsy as can be seen in this sheet.

I'm not sure if these were intended to be Santas or not but I would use them 

in that way just for the grins and giggles of it.

A Sweet pair of Old World Santa Heads - I believe these are L&B but not 100% sure

An Articulated Raphael Tuck Santa

This was an eBay find and his arms move.  I just love his sweet, cheery face.

Two attached Vintage Old World Santas - #33905

Below is an assortment of other Old World Santas

the makers of these are currently unknown to me.

 I adore Victorian Santas due the the variety of looks you can get them in.

There is a wide selection of colors and styles, heads, full body and anywhere in between.  

Many originals can be found on eBay and Etsy and there are also a few sources 

that have digital downloads of vintage Santas if you you don't want to pocket out 

the big bucks for a Victorian original.

There are also a multitude images available on the web that you can use to craft with, 

it's just a question of searching and finding nice quality versions that have been 

posted by nice folks who like to share.

I hope this has inspired you to consider collecting or crafting with Victorian Santa images.

Till Next Time...