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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 416602, member: 7724"]the problem with people that work with "generic" terms like "Black Forest" for all European carvings - they don't recognize it when they see a real Black Forest item.</p><p>the subject is called Schwarzwälder Uhrenträger (Black Forest clock porter) that wandered from village to village especially in spring to sell the clocks which were made in homework during wintertime.</p><p>furthermore Oberammergau carvings are practically exclusive religious subjects.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 416602, member: 7724"]the problem with people that work with "generic" terms like "Black Forest" for all European carvings - they don't recognize it when they see a real Black Forest item. the subject is called Schwarzwälder Uhrenträger (Black Forest clock porter) that wandered from village to village especially in spring to sell the clocks which were made in homework during wintertime. furthermore Oberammergau carvings are practically exclusive religious subjects.[/QUOTE]
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