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Catalog No. 601
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 3.0L, pewter lid.
The image in the top band of this stein, often seen on Girmscheid steins, is entitled �Pageant of King Gambrinus�. It has been suggested that the character Gambrinus may be drawn from the claimed real-life inventor of hopped malt beer, Jan Primus (Johann I), a 13th-century Belgian Duke and President of the Brussels Guild of Brewers.
The scenes surrounding the central band are taken from a variety of sources, including: �The Trumpeter of S�ckingen�, an epic poem written in 1853 by J. Viktor von Scheffel, which tells the story of a love affair between a trumpeter and a baron�s daughter; �Die Lindenwirtin�, an 1876 poem by Rudolph Baumbach honoring �nnchen Schumacher, perhaps the most famous landlady/tavern keeper in German history and a popular figure with German students; �Die drei R�selein� (The Three Little Roses), a song composed in 1826 by Friedrich Silcher; and the 16th century Tannh�userlied, later transformed into a Wagnerian opera, in which Tannh�user (a minstrel knight) has an affair with Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty and love, and lives with her for a time in Venusberg, her mountain retreat.
Price Ranges
Full-Color: $150-$225
Ltd-color: $125-$175
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