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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 07-24-2012 03:52 AM
  
Here is a strange German silver-plated item. It is some sort of clip (the back resembles a brad, perhaps for holding together pieces of paper) depicting an owl holding a violin. The bird is perched on a horseshoe, which reads "VEILCHEN M.D. WURSTCHEN". Does anybody have an idea of what this piece means/does?
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agphile Posts: 798 |
posted 07-24-2012 04:56 AM
My translation makes it "Violet with the little sausage" which perhaps only deepens the mystery. And it probably doesn't help that I think Veilchen, as well as being the flower, is also the name of an Austrian chocolate delicacy. Chocolate and sausage doesn't seem too appealing to me but perhaps I should try it? [This message has been edited by agphile (edited 07-24-2012).] IP: Logged |
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jersey Posts: 1203 |
posted 07-25-2012 07:41 AM
Hello Paul! A friend of mine has suggested that this type of clip has been seen to hold metal decorations onto leather goods. Not belts, but it may have decorated lederhosen, not the breeches themselves but the braces (suspender straps) that hold them up. It could also be broad enough to hold the metal decoration on a piece of clothing made of boiled wool (feltaz). Perhaps a costume of a Troylean bent, which seems to fit both the nature of the design motif and the language noted. My thoughts could be that it represents an advertisement for the sausages! Jersey IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 07-25-2012 06:46 PM
aha...now i see that the "horseshoe" is actually two sausage links. now all we have to do is figure out what a flower-wielding, violin-toting owl had to do with to sausage meat in late 19th century germany. IP: Logged |
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