Gambrinus Raising Chalice

Catalog No. 1687

Pottery or stoneware, relief, 2.0L, pewter lid.

Text:
“Wohl bekomm’s”
(To your health)
“Beim Saft des Gambrinus, denk’ nicht an Plus und Minus.
(While partaking of the juice of Gambrinus, don’t think of plus and minus.
Viel besser krähet jeder Hahn wenn er die Kehle feuchtet an.”

Every rooster crows much better when he moistens the throat.)

Text reference is to Gambrinus, “the king of beer”, long a universal symbol of beer and brewing. It has been suggested that the character may be drawn from the claimed real-life inventor of hopped malt beer, Jan Primus (Johann I), a 13th-century Belgian Duke and President of the Brussels Guild of Brewers.

See also Nos. 1825, 1832, 1850 and 1855.

Price Ranges
Full-color: $125-$175
Ltd-color: $90-$125

 
     
MR 1687
MR 1687

 
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