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Luxurious painted high tankard in the Old German Neo-Renaissance style

Green Gemeinglas or green-yellow Gelbgrünglas glass, hand-painted with enamel paints. Neo-Renaissance period in Old German style. Glassworks Harrachov or J. & L. Lobmeyr. Tall tankard of cylindrical shape tapering at the bottom with a flat base. Decorated with a hand-painted figural motif of young lovers in a landscape under trees with a castle in the background. Hand-painted inscription on white ribbon: Minne ist Zwier Herzen wunne W. V. D. Vogelweid. Walter von der Vogelweid ( c. 1170 - 1230 ) famous German poet and minnesinger. The lower part of the design decorated with acanthus flourishes, flowers, gilt lines, and a lower ornamental Neo-Renaissance band. In the back painted lily of the valley with leaves tied in the shape of a coat of arms. Bohemia 1865 - 1895. Height 47 cm.