Snowbaby Figurines

A Snowbaby (or Snow Baby) is a small figurine, usually of a child, that depicts some aspect of the Christmas holidays or of winter sports. The traditional snow baby is made of unglazed biscuit porcelain (or bisque) and shows a child dressed in a snowsuit; the suit itself is covered in small pieces of crushed bisque, giving the appearance of fallen snowflakes. The oldest Snowbabies were manufactured in Germany in the 1890s and were typically either all white with a painted painted face, or painted in pastel colors. With the onset of World War I, production stopped.