Catalog No. 979
Pottery, relief and threaded relief, 1.0L, pewter lid.
Text:
“Behüt dich Gott, es wär so schön gewesen.”
(May God watch over you, it would have been so nice.)
Central image 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. 165, 528, 583, 604, 605, 606, 771, 780 and 1181.
Price Ranges Full-color: $75-$100 Ltd-color: $60-$80
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