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Catalog No. 227
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Exists with music box in base (add 20%)
Text:
“Behüt dich Gott, es wär so schön gewesen,
behüt dich Gott, es hat nicht sollen sein.”
(May God watch over you, it would have been so nice,
may God watch over you, it was not meant to be.)
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. 1012B and 3234.
Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70
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