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Catalog No. 3344/550
Stoneware, Bavaria-type (six-sided), 0.5L, inlaid lid.
Text:
�Angetan hat�s mir dein Wein,
deiner �uglein heller Schein �
Lindenwirtin du junge!�
(Smitten am I with your wine,
and your eyes� bright shine �
Linden hostess so young!)
First in a set of three, with Nos. 3344/551 and 3344/552.
The text on this stein is the concluding three lines of the first verse from the poem �Die Lindenwirtin�, written by Rudolph Baumbach in 1876 and set to music in 1878 by Franz Wilhelm Abt. The poem honors �nnchen Schumacher (1860-1935), perhaps the most famous innkeeper in German history and a popular figure with German students.
Price Range: $400-$550
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