Comments on: Can anyone tell me whats the name of the swedish kissing couple dolls? http://swedendeals.com/can-anyone-tell-me-whats-the-name-of-the-swedish-kissing-couple-dolls/262/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: revshirls http://swedendeals.com/can-anyone-tell-me-whats-the-name-of-the-swedish-kissing-couple-dolls/262/comment-page-1/#comment-564 revshirls Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:55:55 +0000 http://swedendeals.com/can-anyone-tell-me-whats-the-name-of-the-swedish-kissing-couple-dolls/262/#comment-564 The figures are Dutch (not Swedish) They come from the Netherlands and many of them are Delftware. People often refer to them as the Dutch boy and girl kissing or "First kiss". The boy and girl usually have their hand behind their backs. Their dress is traditional Dutch clothing. Wooden clogs are traditonal footwear for Holland / the Netherland. You can see some images here of the figurines: http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&um=1&ei=LSevSfmFDJeY0AXz-7GWAg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=dutch+boy+girl+kissing&spell=1 The figures are Dutch (not Swedish) They come from the Netherlands and many of them are Delftware. People often refer to them as the Dutch boy and girl kissing or “First kiss”. The boy and girl usually have their hand behind their backs. Their dress is traditional Dutch clothing. Wooden clogs are traditonal footwear for Holland / the Netherland.

You can see some images here of the figurines:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&um=1&ei=LSevSfmFDJeY0AXz-7GWAg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=dutch+boy+girl+kissing&spell=1

]]> By: Your Friendly Jewish Accountant http://swedendeals.com/can-anyone-tell-me-whats-the-name-of-the-swedish-kissing-couple-dolls/262/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Your Friendly Jewish Accountant Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:43:03 +0000 http://swedendeals.com/can-anyone-tell-me-whats-the-name-of-the-swedish-kissing-couple-dolls/262/#comment-563 Are you talking about Hummel figurines? The kissing thing is one of thousands of their designs. Are you talking about Hummel figurines? The kissing thing is one of thousands of their designs.

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