~ Es sei dies volle Glas geweiht ~
 
The scene shows a knight with Schloß Heidelberg (Castle Heidelberg) in the background honoring his goblet of beer. The Jugendstil (youth-style = modern art) stein is unmarked, ca. early 1900's. The verse is from an old German drinking song written by Friedrich Adolf Krummacher before 1849. See also translation: Wenn einem trocken die Kehle ward
 
Es sei dies volle Glas geweiht
den Rittern von der Gemütlichkeit!
This full glass is ordained
by the knights for geniality!
 
 
Translation: Roy De Selms
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