Cold Painted Bronze Santa Claus Saint Nick Nicholas Christmas Vienna St Figurine

  

An Old World Santa cast in bronze and finished in the classic Viennese cold-paint tradition, this small but charismatic figure feels like it's walked straight out of a 19th-century Christmas card. Saint Nick stands in a long russet-orange coat trimmed in snowy white, a bulging toy sack slung over his shoulder and a rustic staff in his hand that blossoms into a tiny evergreen tree. The face is wonderfully expressive-kindly eyes, full beard, and just enough age in the features to suggest a lifetime of winter journeys. The cold painting has the soft, hand-enamelled look collectors prize: warm ochres and browns over bronze, with subtle highlights on the beard, cuffs, and tree. It's a classic cabinet-sized piece that displays beautifully on a mantel, among Christmas village houses, or alongside other Vienna-style bronzes.

Likely Continental European work in the Vienna bronze tradition (no visible maker's mark; please see photos), it's a charming crossover between religious Saint Nicholas imagery and Father Christmas folklore. Material: Cast bronze with original cold-painted finish. Subject: Santa Claus / Saint Nicholas with staff and toy sack. Style: Vienna bronze / Old World Father Christmas.