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Catalog No. 1087
Pottery, relief, 3.0L, pewter lid.
Text:
“Verschwiegenheit und Treue, ist echte deutsche Art,
und tratscht man wo zu Zweien, sind’s Deutsche ohne Bart.”
(Secrecy and loyalty is true German nature,
and when people gossip in twos, it’s Germans without beards.)
Central image taken from an 1866 allegorical painting by Guido Schmidt (1834-1922), entitled “Der Schmied der deutschen Einheit”, celebrating Bismarck’s role in German unification. The German chancellor is shown dressed as a blacksmith providing a newly-made sword to an armored Germania, ancient personification of the strength, unity and liberty of Germanic peoples.
Price Ranges
Full-color: $150-$225
Ltd-color: $125-$175
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