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Catalog No. 725
Pottery, figural, 2.5L.
Text:
�M�ssig trinken, fr�hlich singen,
half von je zu guten Dingen.�
(Drinking moderately, singing happily,
have always brought good things.)
Gambrinus, �the king of beer�, has long been a universal symbol of beer and brewing. It has been suggested that the character may be drawn from the claimed real-life inventor of hopped malt beer, Jan Primus (Johann I), a 13th-century Belgian Duke and President of the Brussels Guild of Brewers.
Same model number applied to a stein depicting Gnomes.
See also Nos. 705 and 724.
Price Range: $1,000-$1,300
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