originele intec gaper nr 39, collectors item, handgeschilderd - Sculpture, gaper - 18 cm - ground natural stone

Intec Gaper number 39. See and read the booklet. Collection of 41 gapers, published and made by the company Intec in Veenendaal. Only drugstores and pharmacies with sufficient sales received these unique, hand-painted gapers. All made of crushed natural stone, only number 41, the last one, is made of resin. The molds were ultimately destroyed at a farewell party of the company in front of the guests.

Gapers were identification marks for pharmacies, chemists and drugstores. They first appeared at the end of the sixteenth century and are only found in Dutch, Frisian and Flemish language areas. Most of those still used as identification marks date from the nineteenth century or are replicas.
The yawn remains a mysterious phenomenon. The origin is unknown. There are several explanations for its characteristic, the wide-open mouth. A physician; showing your tongue for a diagnosis, and then taking the prescribed medications. Some yawners have a pill on their tongue or a match in their mouth. Another explanation could be that the sick person, overcome by fatigue, lets his mouth fall open. The most common yawners are Orientals with a turban. There are also jesters, policemen, firefighters, Roman soldiers and the sick.