Catalog No. 1181
Pottery, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Exists with music box in base (add 20%).
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. 165, 528, 583, 604, 605, 606, 771, 780 and 979.
Price Ranges Full-color: $60-$80 Ltd-color: $50-$70
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