“Farewell”

Catalog No. 165

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.

Text:
“Behüt dich Gott, es wär so schön gewesen.
(May God watch over you, it would have been so nice.)

Scene and text 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 “Abschied” (Farewell) done in 1888 by Carl Schweninger (1854-1903).

See also Nos. 528, 583, 604, 605, 606, 771, 780, 979 and 1181.

Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70

     
     
MG 165
MG 165

 
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