Black Whale at Ascalon (Scene 4)

Catalog No. 251

Porcelain, pottery or stoneware; etched or threaded relief; 0.5L; pewter lid.

Text:
�Im Schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon da spract der Gast: O weh!
mein bares Geld ging alles drauf im Lamm zu Ninive!�

(In the Black Whale at Ascalon the guest said: �Oh, my!
My cash was all spent at the Lamb in Niniveh!�)

Stein depicts the fourth verse from the poem �Altassyrisch� (Old Assyrian) by Josef Viktor von Scheffel (1826-1886).

Master stein is also numbered 251. Five other drinking steins display the same model number and depict verses 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. See also No. 491

Price Ranges
Etched full-color: $200-$300/ltd-color: $150-$225
Threaded relief: $75-$100

     
     
HR 251
HR 251

 
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