After spotting one penguin ornament and thinking that I was finished shopping, Anne Klosters, the shop owner, began to show me others, including some of these hand-painted ceramic ornaments that she and Leo, her husband, made themselves.
“We stopped making them when we could no longer compete with the cost of Chinese-made ornaments,” she told me. I don’t remember exactly which of the ornaments she found first, and it’s possible she showed me a couple that I already owned, but after I had five or so penguins selected, Anne said, “We have more in our other shop.” First we had to “close up” this store, because Leo had just stepped away to the post office. Closing up meant turning out the lights and attaching a chain across the open door. Then we went to the other shop a couple of doors down on the other side of the street.
Acquired: July 1, 2009, Regensburger-Tändlerei, Regensburg, Germany
Small red clay penguin looking back with yellow feet and beak
Number: 0656
Size: 2.5 inches tall
Price: 4.90 euros
Thick white ceramic cutout with green scarf and orange feet and beak
Number: 0659
Size: 2.5 inches tall
Price: 5.50 euros
White ceramic penguin with orange feet and beak
Number: 0660
Size: 2.5 inches tall
Price: 4.90 euros
Red clay cutout penguin with red scarf and orange feet and beak
Number: 0661
Size 3.75 inches tall
Price: 4.90 euros
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