SANTA ON CLOCKWORK NODDING DONKEY. Germany, 20th Century. Santa wearing blue pants, red felt coat with blue cuffs, a black belt, a red Santa hat trimmed with white, white rabbit fur beard and hair, holding a feather tree sprig in his right hand, and wearing black competition boots. Riding atop a donkey with woolly body, horsehair mane and tail, brown glass eyes, and a saddle blanket across its back. 18"h. Provenance: Nancy Goff (Alliance, Ohio).