Per Spelmann Trivet by Stavangerflint

A Stavangerflint trivet designed by Gro Pedersen Claussen.  She was at Stavangerflint from 1963 until 1967, and then continued to provide freelance design to Stavangerflint/Figgjo until 1977.  This is part of a series based on traditional Norwegian folk songs.

From the Norwegian Melodies site:

"'PER SPELMANN' (Per the Musician) is the story of a musician who trades his only cow to get back his good, old violin. He plays that instrument until the fiddle laughs, the boys dance, and the girls cry!"

The translation from the Norwegian Melodies site is below - the trivet only has the first verse.

Per, the musician, had only one cow,

He traded the cow, got his fiddle back,

"You old, good violin, you violin,

You fiddle mine!”

Per, the musician, he played,
And the fiddle, she laughed!
 'Til the boys were dancing,
And the girls cried.
"You old, good violin, you violin,
You fiddle mine!”

And if I become old
As moss on a tree,
Then never would I trade away
Fiddle again.
"You old, good violin, you violin,
You fiddle mine!”