Catalog No. 1504
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 1.5L, pewter lid.
Produced both with and without pouring spout.
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).
Master stein to Nos. 1524, 1525, 1526, 1527, 1528 and 1529. See also Nos. 129, 132, 223, 233, 320 and 1531.
Price Ranges Full-color: $90-$125 Ltd-color: $75-$100
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