R. John Wright has been producing artistic molded felt dolls since 1976. His early career in doll making was influenced by “STEIFF” the renowned German toy company. In the mid-1950’s the imagination of the eight year old R. John Wright was captured by a new series of character dolls by Steiff. The felt bodied dolls featured broad smiling faces made of rubber. One of these characters was a jolly rendition of “Santa Claus”. Now R. John Wright Dolls, Inc. has been granted permission by Steiff to produce Santa Claus for the first time ever with a molded felt face!
12",2022, Santa Claus wears his traditional red wool felt suit trimmed in white wool plush, both his beard and moustache are white mohair, His molded wool felt face is hand painted so each Santa face is a tiny bit different. Enclosed in Santa's torso is a 18 note music box that plays "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". Santa Claus is fully jointed and handcrafted in the RJW workshop in Vermont.
Santa Claus comes enclosed in a deluxe presentation box with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity and forms of owner registration.
This new interpretation of the 1953 Classic Steiff Santa Claus by R. John Wright Dolls, Inc. has been arranged under special agreement with “Margarete Steiff GmbH”.
