~ Trink und iß, Gott nit vergiß ~
 
These are words to live by on this blue/gray, salt-glazed, stoneware, character stein of a knight marked with the Merkelbach & Wick logo, ca. 1900.
 
Trink und iß, Gott nit vergiß. Drink and eat, (but) never forget God.
 
 
Translation: Les Hopper compilation
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