“Farewell”

Catalog No. 9

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Exists with music box in base (add 20%).

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 taken from a poem (Der Trompeter von 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).

See also Nos. 142, 151, 340, 753 and 1196.

Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70

     
     
AJT 9
AJT 9

 
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