Catalog No. 523
Pottery, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Text:
“In Nord u. Süd, in Ost u. West,
ist froher Sinn das Allerbest.”
(In north and south, in east and west,
a happy mind is the best of all.)
Central image taken from a painting by Franz Defregger (1835-1921).
A special order version of this stein exists, produced for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, replacing some of the edelweisse on one side with an image of a Tyrolean castle, along with text reading “Tyrol in St. Louis” (see detail, below right). Additional D&B steins known to have been produced for the Fair include Nos. 212, 268, 366, 406, 456, 458 and 575.
See also No. 396.
Price Ranges Full-color: $60-$80 Ltd-color: $50-$70
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