Dutch Musical Kissing Couple

Dutch Musical Kissing Couple

Vintage rare find musical blue delftware ceramic Dutch boy and girl kissing
Hand painted and glazed ceramic
Wind-up key located at the base to activate the musical melody/sound - Note (do not force it all the way)

Total height 14 cm
The couple height 9.5 cm
The base is 4 cm high & 9 cm diameter

Vintage in New Condition

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The Origin - there is not much information about the origin of the traditional kissing couple. Some say this picture of Jan & Grietje was the inspiration for the figurines. The kissing kid’s picture was taken in Volendam, North Holland around 1920. See above (black and white) featured photo. Probably a souvenir merchant has seen this picture and inspired him to make the first kissing couple figurines. In every region of the Netherlands the traditional costumes look different. Although most figurines have got the Volendam costumes, there is a wide variation in costumes among the kissing couple figurines. Even though to this day it remains unclear who once designed the image of the kissing couple, it has practically become a symbol for the Netherlands.

Dutch icons - for all other Dutch icons there is a place to see or visit: tulips at Keukenhof, windmills at Kinderdijk and Zaanse Schans, cheese at Gouda and bicycles are of course everywhere. But there wasn’t a place to see the kissing couple yet. The massive statue at Amsterdam Westport was installed on 30 November 2017 and officially unveiled twee weeks later. See above (panoramic) featured photo.