Catalog No. 25
Pottery, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Some examples marked “DRGM 250635”.
Scene 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 “Am Waldsee” (On the Forest Lake) done in 1888 by Carl Schweninger (1854-1903).
The German patent number DRGM 250635 was awarded to Adolf Diesinger in 1905 for an unusual, though not particularly practical, ceramic hinge (below right) which saw only limited application.
Fifth in a series of six, with Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24 and 26.
Price Ranges Full-color: $100-$150 Ltd-color: $90-$125
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