Catalog No. (X37)
Pottery, relief, 1.5L, pewter lid.
Text:
“Bei Spiel und Sang, trink Freund noch Lang.”
(At play and song, drink friend some more.)
“Fröhlich und heiter wir trinken halt weiter”
(Happy and cheerful we drink no further.)
Although not specifically stated, the scene on this stein is presumed to be 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 the trumpeter (Werner) and a baron’s daughter (Margaretha).
Price Ranges Full-color: $90-$125 Ltd-color: $75-$100
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