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Catalog No. 492
Pottery, etched, 1.0L, inlaid lid.
Text:
“Feierabend” (lid)
(Closing time)
“Es lebe was hienieden stolziert in grünen Tracht,
die Wälder und die Felder, die Jäger und die Jagd.” (body)
(Long live all that strut here in green apparel,
the forests and the fields, the hunter and the hunt.)
Text is the from a poem written by Wilhelm Müller in 1822 and set to music in 1823 by Konradin Kreutzer. The opening line makes reference to the Förster (forest ranger) and his traditional green uniform (Trachtenanzug).
See also Nos. 320, 421 and 750.
Price Range: $150-$225
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