The Little Emperor's Nightingale is all-porcelain, 14' tall. The emperor wears the traditional hair tuft and has jet black, painted eyes. The Little Emperor is dressed in black velvet trousers under a gold and red brocade, quilted jacket, edged in gold. Painstakingly made in the Lawton's workshops, it is the perfect accompaniment to the emperor.

The wing is sprung, but the bird is still magnificent with its gilt and Austrian crystals. Our version of The Little Emperor's Nightingale carries the broken mechanical bird. This classic tale tells of the Chinese emperor who loved the song of the nightingale, but allowed his court followers to replace the drab little bird with a mechanical, jeweled reproduction. Little Red Riding Hood has brown hair and blue eyes, is all-porcelain and stands 14' tall. She carries the basket Mother had packed for Grandmother with a crusty loaf of French bread, a jar of preserves and the bunch of flowers she picked in the forest. She wears the red hood and cape that her mother lovingly made her, and matching red suede shoes. Little Red Riding Hood is dressed in a traditional dirndl of black cotton with an intricately embroidered bodice, over an ecru cotton blouse. Can there be another fairytale as universally loved as Little Red Riding Hood? We all thrilled to the story of the plucky little girl, who is innocently trying to bring a basket of goodies to her grandmother, and who nearly is eaten by a fearsome wolf for her trouble.

Kannada old folk tale stories