Sea Pottery

The Fiddler

This piece originates from a large cup that dates back from 1870 to 1880 with an image of a wedding ceremony from Sunnmøre in Norway on it. Although the fiddler appears to have only a few strings left on his fiddle (squeek!) at least he's got six fingers on his right hand to make up for it! :) Most likely he is playing the Hardanger Fiddle (hardingfele) which is actually an 8 stringed fiddle and also Norway's national instrument - Sounding like this:

 

Hans Brimi - Smørligråen 

Norway

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If you want to see how a whole cup looks like, similar to the one that ended up in the sea ages ago, here is a link with pictures and more information from Digitalt Museum Norge: 

http://digitaltmuseum.no/things/krus/SM/SM.000786?query=+sunnmøre+krus&search_context=1&count=32&pos=1