“The First Kiss”

Catalog No. 44

Pottery, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.

Text:
“Des Lebens Sonnenschein, Trinken und Fröhlichsein.”
(The sunshine of life, drinking and being happy.)

Also exists with floral scrollwork on sides in place of text.

Scene 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 “Der erste Kuss” (The First Kiss) done in 1888 by Carl Schweninger (1854-1903).

See also Nos. 6, 24 and 36.

Price Ranges
Full-color: $100-$150
Ltd-color: $90-$125

 
     
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