“Farewell”

Catalog No. 979

Pottery, relief and threaded relief, 1.0L, pewter lid.

Text:
“Behüt dich Gott, es wär so schön gewesen.”
(May God watch over you, it would have been so nice.)

Central image and text 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 “Abschied” (Farewell) done in 1888 by Carl Schweninger (1854-1903).

See also Nos. 165, 528, 583, 604, 605, 606, 771, 780 and 1181.

Price Ranges
Full-color: $75-$100
Ltd-color: $60-$80

     
     
MG 979
MG 979

 
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