“Girl and Song Verse”

Catalog No. 2832

Stoneware, etched, 0.5L, inlaid lid.

Text:
“Ich weiss ein Häuschen, am grünen Rhein,
umranket von Reblaub die Fensterlein.
Drin waltet ein Mädchen, so engelgleich,
an Golde so arm, doch an Tugend so reich.”

(I know a little house on the green Rhine,
where the little windows are surrounded by vines.
In it reigns a maiden so angelic,
in gold so poor, but in virtue so rich.)

Text is from the third verse of a poem (Das Herz am Rhein), written in 1847 by Heinrich Dippel and set to music by Georg Schmitt in 1898.

Price Range: $200-$300

Lid Inlay
Lid Inlay
 
     
Mettlach 2832
Mettlach 2832

 
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