Heidelberg

Catalog No. 814

Pottery, etched, 2.0L, figural inlaid lid (castle tower).

Text:
�Alt Heidelberg du feine, du Stadt an Ehren reich,
am Neckar und am Rhein, keine andre kommt dir gleich.�

(Old Heidelberg you fine city, rich in honors,
on the Neckar and Rhine, no other can equal you.)

Text is taken from a poem honoring Heidelberg, written in 1853 by Josef Viktor von Scheffel and set to music in 1872 by Weise von Zimmerman.

See also No. 820.

Price Range: $350-$500

     
     
MG 814
MG 814

 
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