~ I hab di gar so gern ~
It doesn't take too much imagination to know what's going on here even in Bayrisch (Bavarian dialect). This is a transfer print on a salt-glazed, stoneware stein marked with the logo of Merkelbach & Wick, ca. 1900.
I hab di gar so gern.	I'm completely fond of you.

Translation: Roy De Selms Photo credit: Unknown