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~ O trinkt und löset frei und frank ~ | |
Get from life whatever comes your way no matter how little it might be is the theme on this porcelain stein with a colored lithophane (scene in the bottom viewable when held up to the light) ca. late 1800's. The coloring of a lithophane is very similar to tinting of early photographic prints. | |
O trinkt und löset frei und frank, so Spund als Flaschenköpfe, und packt im Leben wie beim Trank, die Tropfen und die Tröpfe. |
O drink and loosen up freely and frankly, like the corck on a bottle top, and sieze in life as in drinking, the drips and the drops. |
Translation: Roy De Selms Photo credit: Andre Ammelounx, The Stein Auction Co. |