~ So leben wir, so leben wir ~
 
The verse here is part of a Volkslied (folk song) put to the music of Der alte Dessauer Marsch (the Old Dessauer March). The Jugendstil (youth style = modern art) stein was probably designed by Franz Ringer and marked "1811" in black ink, ca. early 1900's.
 
So leben wir, so leben wir,
so leben wir alle Tage.
As we live, so we live,
so we live every day.
 
 
Translation: Les Hopper compilation/Roy De Selms
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