Catalog No. 179
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 1.0L, pewter lid, signed “KB” (Anton Killian “Karl” Beuler).
Text:
“Keinen Tropfen im Becher mehr.”
(No more drops in the beaker.)
Text is the first line from the poem “Die Lindenwirtin”, written by Rudolph Baumbach in 1876 and set to music in 1878 by Franz Wilhelm Abt. The poem honors Ännchen Schumacher (1860-1935), perhaps the most famous landlady/tavern keeper in German history and a popular figure with German students.
See also Nos. 79, 164, 168, 195, 402 and 1062.
Price Ranges Full-color: $75-$100 Ltd-color: $60-$80
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