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Catalog No. 820
Pottery, etched and relief, 0.5L, figural inlaid lid (castle tower), signed “KB” (Anton Killian “Karl” Beuler).
Text:
“Alt Heidelberg du feine, du Stadt an Ehren reich,
am Neckar und am Rhein, keine and’re 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. 814.
Price Range: $150-$225
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