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12" (30 cm.) Each of the carved wooden travelers is one piece, carved in seated pose and designed for placement on the back of accompanying wooden horse; each has well defined facial features and well-sculpted details of hair and beards, with sculpted and painted crowns or hats, each with sculpted costume. The horses have carved and painted saddles, blankets, and furled flags at their mane, and each is posed on a wooden platform. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Tyrolean, early 1800s, the figures may have been designed to represent Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior. Value Points: presented as a set with matching original bases, each figure is unique in its facial features, costuming including accessories, posture, and even in the presentation of three entirely individual horses.