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Catalog No. 2277
Pottery, etched, 0.5L or 0.3L/0.25L, inlaid lid.
Text (lid):
�Ein� feste Burg ist unser Gott.�
(A mighty fortress is our God.)
Text is the title of a hymn written and set to music by Martin Luther in 1529. Luther was declared an outlaw by the Emperor Karl V in 1521 and, for his own safety, he was brought to the Wartburg, a castle in Eisenach, Thuringia, where he lived incognito for ten months during the years 1521 and 1522, calling himself Junker J�rg (Knight George).
Three different steins bear this model number. The other two depict Nuremberg and Heidelberg. A 0.5L version of this stein bears model No. 2403.
Price Ranges
0.5L: $200-$300
0.3L/0.25L: $150-$225
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