“Trumpeter Kiss”

Catalog No. 324

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Exists with music box in base (add 20%)

Text:
“O Lieb wie bist du bitter, o Lieb wie bist du süß,
trinkt Bier nur zwei drei Liter, bist du im Paradeis.”

(Oh love how bitter you are, oh love how sweet you are,
drink only two or three liters and you are in Paradise.)

Central image taken from a poem entitled “The Trumpeter of Säckingen”, written in 1853 by Josef Viktor von Scheffel, which tells the story of a love affair between a trumpeter and a baron’s daughter. Original engraving entitled “Der erste Kuss” (The First Kiss) done in 1888 by Carl Schweninger (1854-1903).

Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70

 
     
DB 324
DB 324

 
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