Catalog No. 590
Pottery, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Text:
�Der Mai ist gekommen, die B�ume schlagen aus!�
(May has arrived, the trees are bursting out!)
Central image is taken from an illustration by Kaspar K�gler (1838-1923), part of an 1890 mural that once graced the Wiesbaden Ratskeller, but was sadly destroyed in World War II.
Text is from a poem entitled �Burschenlust� (Young Man�s Pleasure), written in 1841 Emanuel Geibel and set to music in 1843 by Justus Wilhelm Lyra.
See also Nos. 459 and 479.
Price Ranges Full-color: $60-$80 Ltd-color: $50-$70
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