Catalog No. 753
Pottery, relief, 2.0L, pewter lid (shown with eagle finial).
Text:
“Behut dich Gott,
es wär schön gewesen.”
(May God watch over you,
it would have been so nice.)
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).
See also Nos. 9, 142, 151, 340 and 1196.
Price Ranges Full-color: $125-$175 Ltd-color: $90-$125
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