“The First Kiss”

Catalog No. 602

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.

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, 582, 620 and (X35).

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

     
     
MG 602
MG 602

 
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