Rare Find Vintage Handmade Carved Wooden Plate Hand Painted The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town.

Rare Find Vintage Handmade Carved Wooden Plate Hand Painted The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town | German Folk Art • Vintage German wooden plate • An incredible work of art! • Beautiful warm, subtle coloring • Measures 14-1/4” diameter x 1-1/4”H • Hand-carved and hand-painted wood • Whimsical illustration of a man playing music (resembling the Pied Piper) with children following and rats around the border • Marked on back side: “Haus der Geschenke EF-KA Heidenheim HaupstraBe 72” “Hand cut” • Very good/excellent condition • The story: The earliest known record of this story is from the town of Hamelin itself. It is depicted in a stained glass window created for the church of Hamelin, which dates to around 1300 AD. Although it was destroyed in 1660, several written accounts have survived. The oldest comes from the Lueneburg manuscript (c 1440 - 50), which stated: "In the year of 1284, on the day of Saints John and Paul on June 26, by a piper, clothed in many kinds of colours, 130 children born in Hamelin were seduced, and lost at the place of execution near the koppen." A 1384 entry in Hamelin's town records also grimly states "It is 100 years since our children left." The supposed street where the children were last seen is today called Bungelosenstrasse (street without drums), as no one is allowed to play music or dance there. Incidentally, it is said that the rats were absent from earlier accounts, and only added to the story around the middle of the 16th century. Moreover, the stained glass window and other primary written sources do not speak of the plague of rats.

Condition

Used (normal wear)

Dominant Color

Multicolor

Material

Wood