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Catalog No. 215
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 0.5L, pewter lid.
Text:
�Ein guter Trank aus Gerst u. Hopfen,
das sind die besten Nahrungstropfen.�
(A good drink from barley and hops,
these are the best nourishment drops.)
Also exists with Czech text (below right): �At ��je kdo pije.� (Long live he who drinks.)
Gambrinus, �the king of beer�, has long been a universal symbol of beer and brewing. It has been suggested that the character may be drawn from the claimed real-life inventor of hopped malt beer, Jan Primus (Johann I), a 13th-century Belgian Duke and President of the Brussels Guild of Brewers.
Price Ranges
Full-color: $60-$80
Ltd-color: $50-$70
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