Catalog No. 647
Pottery, relief, 2.0L, pewter lid.
Text:
“Behüt dich Gott – es wär so schön gewesen,
behüt dich Gott – es hat nicht sollen sein!”
(May God watch over you – it would have been so nice,
may God watch over you – it was not meant to be!)
Scene taken from a poem (Der Trompeter von 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.
See also Nos. 642 and 648.
Price Ranges Full-color: $125-$175 Ltd-color: $90-$125
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