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From: John
Remote Name: 208.187.159.118
Date: 11/18/2003
Time: 01:55:12 PM
Back on 11/04, Ron inquired about a trumpet mark on a stein and I replied that I knew who had made the stein, but didn't give any particulars because I was bidding on the piece. The stein has two scenes from the Poem "The Old Assyrian" or as it is sometimes called, "The Black Whale at Askelon" by Josef Viktor von Scheffel. Villeroy & Boch, Hauber & Reuther and apparently Merkelbach & Wick all used this theme on some of their steins. The particular piece in question was made by Merkelbach & Wick for what is apparently an unidentified finishing shop that used the trumpet as their logo. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3251534188