Catalog No. 426
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 1.0L, pewter lid.
Text:
�Keinen Tropfen im Becher mehr,
und der Beutel schlaff u. leer.�
(No more drops in the beaker,
and the purse is slack and empty.)
Text is from the poem �Die Lindenwirtin�, written by Rudolph Baumbach in 1876 and set to music in 1878 by Franz Wilhelm Abt. The poem honors �nnchen Schumacher (1860-1935), perhaps the most famous innkeeper in German history and a popular figure with German students.
Price Ranges Full-color: $75-$100 Ltd-color: $60-$80
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