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Three gapers: in beautiful condition for their age of more than half a century.

Stone gapers, three pieces! Handmade and not made for public sale, but specifically made for pharmacies.
As early as in the 17th century, pharmacies displayed these gapers on their facades. They are actually not yawning, but looking
disturbed, as if they are experiencing difficulties whilst trying to swallow medicine :-) A kind of UGH! expression.

 They are made of a kind of stone, an average weight of 2 kg and heights between 18 and 19 cm. The female figure weighs between 2.5 kg. and 3 kg. Thus they all weight about 7 kg. in total! Almost perfect, they have minimal signs of wear given they are art-works that are more than half a century old.

Please take a good look at the photos. What you see is what you get! They are getting more and more expensive nowadays, if you can find them at all!

Foreign bidders: bid on what you see in the photographs! Together they are very heavy. Approx. 7 kg+!
Old and very typically Dutch! In the 17th century they were already hung on the facades of pharmacies. 
These were put inside the pharmacies or as it should be on the facade!
RARE!: only made for drugstores, not for public sale.

2nd half of the 20th century -The Netherlands

Three Gapers (Yawners) - Created especially for pharmacists

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