~ Im Sommer ist‘s lieblich im Winter ist’s kalt ~
 
This might be funny in German, but it loses something in translation or maybe it's just me. The salt-glazed, stoneware, Jugendstil (youth style = modern art) stein was designed by Ludwig Hohlwein, ca. early 1900's.
 
Im Sommer ist‘s lieblich
im Winter ist’s kalt,
der Jäger hat g‘schossen,
sei Büchsen hat knallt.
In Summer it's lovely,
in Winter it's cold,
the hunter has burst forth,
his rifle has exploded.
 
 
Translation: Roy De Selms
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