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Catalog No. 1227
Pottery, relief, 1.75L, figural inlaid lid (Perkeo).
Text:
�Piff paff tara der weisse Hirsch ist da.�
(Piff paff tara the white stag is there.)
Text is loosely drawn from a song entitled �Der wei�e Hirsch� (The White Stag) written in 1811 by Ludwig Uhland.
Perkeo (lid figure) was an 18th-century dwarf who served as both court jester and keeper of the royal wine keg in Heidelberg. Despite his size, he was reportedly quite a prodigious drinker and, according to legend, his death came about when he mistakenly drank a glass of water.
See also No. 1248.
Price Ranges
Full-color: $90-$125
Ltd-color: $75-$100
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