Our classic chocolate mold celebrates Holland’s tradition of their Christmas gift giver, St. Nicholas, his companion, Zwarte Piet & the Book of good and bad children. Stories vary much about these traditional Netherlands Christmas figures but our summary best describes our view of this Dutch Santa tradition based on an old book given to us by friends from Holland. St Nicholas’ cheerful and kind helper, Zwarte Pete, was to investigate which children had been “bad” during the year. He worked alongside St. Nicholas in December and provided him data from. The Book’ – a listing of all the right and wrong things each child did during the year. Nicholas in delivering the presents to the wooden shoes of the children. But afterwards, he also. The bad kids in his sack. Many parents would discipline their children by threatening I will tell Black Pete to take you with him back to Spain! I think that could have been adequate encouragement to be good, don’t you! OUR VERY SPECIAL ST. NICHOLAS AND ZWARTE PIET CHOCOLATE MOLD WAS MADE IN HOLLAND IN 1966 AND CARRIES IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS AS SHOWN IN PHOTO SEVEN. Condition of metal is very fine with no corrosion in the 36 molds. No warping of the heavy nearly five pound 18.3″ by 7.9″ by 0.7 plate. Height of each mold figure interior is about two inches and depth is one third inch. Designed for mass production by commercial chocolatiers to give us those pricey exclusive chocolate Santa figures we like. Ultra smooth surfaces to produce polished chocolates. Great interior mold depicts images of two lesser known figures among European Santas. Provenance: our personal museum collection of Christmas historical items. Questions welcomed and we appreciate your interest. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Baking Accs. & Cake Decorating\Sugarcraft & Chocolate Molds”. The seller is “has.us4″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Number of Items in Set: 1
- Antique: Yes
- Shape: SANTA FIGURES
- Character: St. Nicholas & Zwarte Piet
- Occasion: Christmas
- Size: Large
- Color: Silver
- Material: Metal
- Food Compatibility: Chocolate
- Brand: Vormenfabriek Tilburg
- Theme: Seasonal
- Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
