WESTERWALD J.W. REMY - MATTHIAS GIRMSCHEID BEER TAKARD STEIN GREEK TAVERN PICK 1

1- J.W.REMY ANTIQUE COVERED STEIN ?Des Lebens Sonnenschein ist Trinken, Lieben, Frohlichsein.?(The sunshine of life is drinking, loving, being happy.) ?Verschwiegenheit und treue ist echte deutsche Art, und tratscht man wo zu zweien, sinds Deutsche ohne Bart.?(Discretion and loyalty are genuine German traits,and if two are found gossiping, they are Germans without beards.)   15 1/2" LID WAS REPAIRED

3- MARZI & REMY COVERED STEIN WHEAT PLANTS FROM 15" TALL # 133 TAVERN SCENE
Text:?Die alten Deutschen hielten sehr vom Essen, vom Trinken mehr.?(The old Germans greatly appreciated eating, but thought more of drinking.)

4- COVERED STEIN DRINKING PEOPLE IN TAVERN 18" MATTHIAS GIRMSCHEID c1900s?Lindenwirthin du junge? (Linden hostess so young)
?Keinen Tropfen im Becher mehr,
und der Beutel schlaff und leer,
lechzend Herz und Zunge,
angetan hat?s mir dein Wein.?
(No more drops in the beaker,
and the purse is slack and empty.
With a parched heart and tongue,
smitten am I with your wine.) Text is from the poem ?Die Lindenwirtin?, written by Rudolph Baumbach in 1876 and set to music in 1878 by Franz Wilhelm Abt. The poem honors nnchen Schumacher (1860-1935), perhaps the most famous innkeeper in German history and a popular figure with German students.

5- COVERED STEINS COURTING SMOKING PEOPLE IN TAVERN 13" MARKED GERMANY 1122 BY MATTHIAS GIRMSCHEID ?Ein Trunk zur rechten Zeit, stets das Herz erfreut.? (A drink at the right time always gladdens the heart.)