A Dutch Delft manganese 'Ik Hans Worst' tile mural, 18th C.

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A Dutch Delft manganese 'Ik Hans Worst' tile mural, 18th C. 46,5 x 34 cm Hanswurst or Hans Wurst (Hans Worst, Johnny Sausage) was a popular coarse-comic stock character of German-speaking impromptu comedy. He is 'a half doltish, half cunning, partly stupid, partly knowing, enterprising and cowardly, self indulgent and merry fellow, who, in accordance with circumstances, accentuated one or other of these characteristics'.

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