Mettlach etched stoneware 1/2L stein, Girl and Song Verse, #2832, beneath a domed and foliated pewter lid, from a poem (Das Herz am Rhein), written in 1847 by Heinrich Dippel and set to music by Georg Schmitt in 1898, reading “Ich weiss ein Häuschen, am grünen Rhein, umranket von Reblaub die Fensterlein. Drin waltet ein Mädchen, so engelgleich, an Golde so arm, doch an Tugend so reich" (I know a little house on the green Rhine, where the little windows are surrounded by vines. In it reigns a maiden so angelic, in gold so poor, but in virtue so rich), marks as pictured, no cracks noted, small filled area as pictured, 9"h, 2.25lbs Start Price: $80.00

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