This charming couple is a wonderful pair of Kottfigurer TROLLS doll/figurines from our extensive vintage doll/Troll collection.
Each Troll has a large green head, a balding mane of shaggy long 'hair', handmade patched pants and black pointed shoes with a pinecone top. The male is carrying his trusty axe and firewood (his pinecones) for the night ahead.
The female is stylishly dressed in her plaid skirt and pinecone top. She is carrying a darling little purse from her day of mushroom hunting with moss and a walking cane in the other hand. Light orange pointed shoes with "Made in Sweden" on the bottom of her shoe.
Their wild, hand-painted intense green faces have a fabulous nose with red accents. Made in Sweden, home to the original Trolls.
This adorable couple has a weirdly engaging personality.
Certainly not the happy Trolls of the pink, blue, or orange faux fur hair and plastic bodies, but a Troll of the "He" who lives under the bridge or in the deep woods sort, the type that is found in the legendary Scandinavian Fairy Tale world, the Edward Gorey type of Troll.
We wish we knew who made them, and where in Sweden they began their long life, but they are just a mystery so far, as we could not find any of his fellow Trolls on line at all. But certainly handmade, and very unique, these wonderfully thought-up creatures are super beings to have in one's home, perhaps offering a little magical, other-worldly protection.
5 inches tall, 5 inches across x 2.5 inches deep.
Hand made and really wonderfully creative, and very, very unique, these Trolls are "THE Troll" you have heard and read about as a child, and a really fabulous piece of quirky folk art to have in your home, as part of your collection of dolls or folk art, or just as a small but mighty protector of the spirits in your place.
Remanence of one of my favorite books, The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren, Swedish Author.
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