“Young Werner with the Baron”

Catalog No. 212

Pottery, relief, 1.0L, pewter lid.

Text:
“Prosit!”
(Cheers!)
“Zum Wohl!”
(To your Health!)

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 “Jung Werner beim Grafen” (Young Werner with the Baron) done in 1888 by Carl Schweninger (1854-1903).