Hunting Scene

Catalog No. 500

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 1.0L, pewter lid.

Text:
“Es lebe was auf Erden stolziert in grüner Tracht,
die Wald und die Felder, die Jäger und die Jagd.”

(Long live he who struts on earth in green apparel,
the forest and the fields, the hunter and the hunt.)

Text is the from a poem written by Wilhelm Müller in 1822 and set to music in 1823 by Konradin Kreutzer. The opening line makes reference to the Förster (forest ranger) and his traditional green uniform (Trachtenanzug).

Price Ranges
Full-color: $75-$100
Ltd-color: $60-$80

     
     
MG 500
MG 500

 
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