Apr 16, 2021 11:26
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Nadelkissenkuder
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Porcelain production
The text concerned is a brief history of a factory that produced porcelain in the 19th/early 20th century. The actual text is:
Produziert wurden darin - neben den bekannten Puppenteilen - ***Nadelkissenkuder***, Teepuppenköpfe, Badefiguren, Weihkessel, Heiligenfiguren, Salzstreuer und Eierbecher. Der Betrieb produzierte bis 1938.
The only thing that gives me any form of translation is Deepl, which uses "pin cushion balls", but I do not think the balls themselves would be porcelain, and I doubt that "male lynx" is appropriate in this case.
Produziert wurden darin - neben den bekannten Puppenteilen - ***Nadelkissenkuder***, Teepuppenköpfe, Badefiguren, Weihkessel, Heiligenfiguren, Salzstreuer und Eierbecher. Der Betrieb produzierte bis 1938.
The only thing that gives me any form of translation is Deepl, which uses "pin cushion balls", but I do not think the balls themselves would be porcelain, and I doubt that "male lynx" is appropriate in this case.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +1 | lynx (wild cat) shaped pin cushion |
Stuart and Aida Nelson
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| 4 | Pin cushion cat |
thefastshow
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Proposed translations
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Stuart and Aida Nelson
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lynx (wild cat) shaped pin cushion
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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Comment: "Thank you for your efforts. I have been informed by the client that they prefer the more general "holder" and that this is not specific to a lynx or any other animal, but your input is nevertheless appreciated."
1 day 23 hrs
Pin cushion cat
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.
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.
Discussion
http://stanisl.beepworld.de/
It also includes a picture of a Nadelkissen consisting of a porcelain woman in a fabric dress that you stick your needles into. I wonder if it might be something like this.
In the given context it does not feel inappropriate to imagine a cat figurine of some kind serving as a pincushion.
https://veryimportantlot.com/de/lot/view/kuder-platin-diaman...