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Mort Kunstler Until We Meet Again
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Mort Kunstler ”Until We Meet Again” Porcelain Regimental Stein
The painting on this stein is Jackson’s headquarters, Winchester, Virginia, Winter 1862. Mary Anna joined her husband, General Jackson, for the winter and the couple stayed a few doors from Jackson’s Headquarters. Mary Anna Jackson after brought the General his supper in a basket when duty kept him. The painting depicts Jackson’s entourage waiting while he and Mary Anna say some parting words in private.
The full wrap image is framed with a series of raised porcelain and hand painted gold-leaf bands. The title of the original painting as well as a reproduction of Mort Kunstler’s signature are permanently fired near the base of the stein. A Lithophane see-through picture of General Jackson appears in the stein’s base and is revealed when one holds the stein to the light and looks through it. The heavy cast and antiqued ornamental pewter lid is decorated with embossed stars, cannon balls, swords, and ”US and ”CS” symbols. A pewter artillery cannon figurine is mounted on the lid.
This is a limited edition of only 2,000 pieces. Each stein is registered and individually numbered.
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