“The First Kiss”

Catalog No. 582

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Exists with music box in base (add 20%).

Text:
“Der Trunk sei klar,
dein Lieb sei rar.

(May the drink be clear,
your love be rare.)

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. 192, 602, 620 and (X35).

Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70

 
     
MG 582
MG 582

 
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