Figurine - Buste met tulband, gaper - Plaster

gaper, plaster, 26 cm tall, a lifelike replica of an existing or vanished gaper,

Gapers were identifying marks for pharmacies, chemists and drugstores. They first appeared at the end of the sixteenth century and occur only in Dutch-, Frisian-, and Flemish-language areas. Most of those still used as identifying marks date from the nineteenth century or are replicas.
The gaper remains a mysterious phenomenon. The origin is unknown. For its feature, the wide-open mouth, there are several explanations. A medical practitioner; showing your tongue for a diagnosis, and then taking the prescribed medicines. Some gapers indeed have a pill on the tongue or a sulfur match in the mouth. Another explanation could be that the patient, overwhelmed by fatigue, lets his mouth fall open. The most common gapers are easterners with a turban. Furthermore there are jesters, police officers, firefighters, Roman soldiers.

Gapers are genuine folk-art products and occurred only in the Netherlands and Flanders.
They are sent to you very well packed but we cannot be held liable for damage during transit.