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Medieval badge depicting a bag pipe playing pig after a model from the late Middle Ages. Bronze, silver-plated or 925 silver. 4.2 x 2.5 cm.Productdetails...
Medieval badge "Pig with Bagpipes".
Here you can buy a remarkable medieval badge, which was made true to detail after a find from the 15th century.The medieval badge shows a pig playing a bagpipe, like a minstrel.
The original dates to the period 1375-1425 AD and comes from the van Beuningen collection. Koldeweij. Link to the historical model…
Our replica measures 4.2 x 2.5 cm.
The medieval badge "Pig with bagpipes" is made of high-quality bronze and real silver-plated. There is a sturdy pin on the back so that the badge can also be used as a brooch.
There are a number of medieval depictions of bagpipers in pig form, most of which date from fourteenth and fifteenth century England. What exactly links the bagpipes to the pig is not entirely certain. Both bagpipes and sows were associated with sexual sin in the Middle Ages.
The shape of the instrument (bag and pipe) can certainly be interpreted as phallic. But possibly there is also a mental connection between the shrill sound of the bagpipe and that of a squealing pig.
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