The Little Vintner of Colmar from Colmar, France to Princeton, NJ
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N 40° 20.888 W 074° 39.938
18T E 528396 N 4466451
The Little Vintner of Colmar fountain is a gift from Colmar, France to its sister city Princeton, NJ.
Waymark Code: WMHRQ9
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2013
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A replica of The Little Vintner of Colmar sculpture created by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in 1869, and cast at the Bronzes Strassacker is located by Princeton Borough Hall.
A 5' by 2' by 2' bronze figure of a boy rests on a 1.5' by 2' by 2' bronze base. The boy is wearing a shirt and pants rolled up to below the knees. He is sitting on a tree stump with his legs crossed, right over left. He is holding an inverted jug above his head with both hands. Water flows out of the jug and into his mouth, down the front of his body, and recaptured in a circular basin below. A small dog sits by his left side.
A plaque on the front of the base has a circular founders mark of a man pouring metal from a ladle beneath is the word FRANCE. The plaque is inscribed:
THE LITTLE VINTER OF COLMAR
Replica of a work of Auguste Bartholdi
THE CITY OF COLMAR, FRANCE
Birthplace of the Creator of the Statue of Liberty
TO HER SISTER CITY THE BOROUGH OF PRINCETON
1988