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COLMAR

the memory of stones

"HANSI", the creator of signboards

Signboard of the Butcher's shop Finker " To the two Brothers "

Signboard of the Butcher's shop Finker " To the two Brothers "

This signboard is at 22, Rue des TĂȘtes where was located one of the most important butcher's shops of the city.

She has been realized in 1932 by the BASS ironworks of Colmar and has been considered like one chiefs of work of Hansi.

It is constituted of two main elements: The gallows in fine ironworks represents Holy - Antoine the hermit, recognizable to its long beard and its halo. He is seated on a trunk, holding a book and preaching to a very fat pork.

Far away one distinguishes the three castles of Eguisheim.

To the summit, the small Alsatian to the hooves, Gaenselisel ", lead the geese in the meadows.

The central motive represents the two brothers butchers in hats and white aprons, one structural a ham, the other a head of pork.

On the bottom draws itself the shape of the cathedral of Colmar.

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