Catalog No. 275B/III
Pottery, etched, 0.3L, inlaid or pewter lid.
Text:
�Im Schwarzen Walfisch zu Ascalon da sprach der Wirt: �Halt an,
Der trinkt von meinen Baktra Schnapps mehr als er zahlen kann.��
(In the Black Whale at Ascalon the innkeeeper said: �That�s enough,
he�s drinking more of my Baktra schnapps than he can pay for.�)
Third in a set of six steins depicting scenes from the poem �Altassyrisch� (Old Assyrian) by Josef Viktor von Scheffel (1826-1886).
Master stein is No. 275A. See also Nos. 275B/I, 275B/II, 275B/IV, 275B/V and 275B/VI.
Price Ranges Full-color: $90-$125 Ltd-color: $60-$80
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