Nadelkissenkuder
English translation: lynx (wild cat) shaped pin cushion
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peer agreement (net): +1lynx (wild cat) shaped pin cushion Explanation: According to antiques, pin cushions were also made in shapes of animals, see below porcelain pin cushion in form of an elephant: https://www.ebay.ch/itm/Nadelkissen-Elefant-Porzellan-Nahzeu... Kuder = lynx https://dict.leo.org/forum/viewWrongentry.php?idThread=14392... A lynx is any of the four species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx Sterling silver hedgehog shaped pin cushion https://www.ebay.com/itm/114735941624 Antique pin cushions in shapes of animals Collectable Sewing Pin Cushions https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/Silver-Collectable-Sewing-Pin-Cushi... |
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Pin cushion cat Explanation: Difficult to tell. In older times Kuder had this meaning in some dialects: kûder: Werg, Abfall von Hanf und Flachs https://wortgeschichten.tumblr.com/post/88553480409/wortgesc... Werg was used for making pin cushions: "...Werg umpolsterter und in einen Lappen eingenähter Stein diente zum Fest- stecken des Zeuges während der Arbeit und als Nadelkissen." https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kg-zs-innendekorati... Nevertheless, taking into account the other series of items mentioned and the active years of the manufactory it is more likely that Kuder refers to a male cat in general as this term can be found for a male cat in some dialects : „Die Bayerisch-Österreichische Wörterbuchkommission ersucht höflichst um Mitteilungder für die nachstehend aufgeführten ... Kater (Koder, Kuder, Kodl, Leanl). Item 001/17: https://www.bwb.badw.de/en/fragebogen/mundartgeographischer.... Apart from that, Kuder still is the denomination for the male wild cat and the male lynx at present. : “...Männliche Wildkatze – Kuder (Kater = männliche Hauskatze). Weibliche Wildkatze – Katze oder Kätzin. Körperlänge: Kuder 83 bis 97 cm. Katze 73 bis 94 cm.“ https://www.nabu-untertaunus.de/flora-fauna-im-gebiet-nabu-u... Wild cats were quite a popular sujet at the time and one can find quite a number of etchings of the european wild cat. https://www.bierl-antiquariat.de/katze-wildkatze-spuhr-vom-w... A lot of Kestners products given his creative and business minded spirit would not neccessarily be considered "high art" and a fair amount of the complete product range over the years would have vanished by now. Cats are a rather very popular subject to the very day, so it´s very likely that we can talk about a pin cushion cat or cat pin cushion here. I believe we would be talking about something like this: https://picclick.de/RARITÄT-altes-antikes-Nadelkissen-in-For... check more here: https://www.google.com/search?q=pin cushion cat&tbm=isch&sou... "Cat" for Kuder should work here for the English translation imho. |
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