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Catalog No. 251
Porcelain, pottery or stoneware; etched or threaded relief; 0.5L; pewter lid.
Text:
�Im Schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon da sprach der Wirth: halt an!
Der trinkt von meinen Baktrer Schnaps mehr als er zahlen kann.�
(In the Black Whale at Ascalon the innkeeeper said: That�s enough!
He�s drinking more of my Bactrian liquor than he can pay for.)
Stein depicts the second verse from the poem �Altassyrisch� (Old Assyrian) by Josef Viktor von Scheffel (1826-1886).
Master stein is also numbered 251. Five other drinking steins display the same model number and depict verses 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Price Ranges
Etched full-color: $200-$300/ltd-color: $150-$225
Threaded relief: $75-$100
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