Catalog No. 397
Pottery or stoneware, relief, 1.0L, pewter lid.
Text:
“Freut euch des Lebens weil noch das Lämpchen glüht.
Pflücket die Rose ehe sie verblüht.”
(Enjoy life while the lamp still glows.
Pick the rose before it is spent.)
Text is taken from a song entitled “Freut euch des Lebens” (Enjoy Life), written in 1793 by Martin Usteri and set to music that same year by Hans Georg Nägeli.
See also Nos. 383, 402 and 603.
Price Ranges Full-color: $75-$100 Ltd-color: $60-$80
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