
"Knight and Wood Nymph" (Waldfee)
Sold by Bearcreek Estate & Auction Services
$150.00
German Knight and Wood Nymph
"Waldfee" Heavy Decorated Stoneware
Stein w/ Lid.
It is made in Germany and it is marked 422.
A Waldfee is a female divinity inhabiting a forest or a tree, especially an oak tree.
Drawn from Druidic tradition, these cousins to the mythological Greek Dryad appear regularly in German art and literature. Great detail in green, cream, and brown, forest scene showing with town, farm and fields on one side, stag with doe on the other, and a plumed horseback rider in period costume approaching a "Forest Fairy" on the front, who of course holds a horn of beer for him.
Pickup DetailsPickup by appointment. Either at stated location in Wilmington or other suitable public pickup area.
Shipping is available for an additional S&H fee. All shipping is handled in-house.

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