PIPE WITH A DRAGOON

Austria-Hungary, 1884
Porcelain pipe head with a metal lid, marked on the underside "Fritzsche & Thein Prag," decorated on the front side with a pre-printed and brightly painted motif of a cuirassier (dragoon). Gilded inscription: "K. K. Drag. Reg. Alex. Pr. v. Hessen u. b. Rhein N. 6.," in the image "2. Escd. 3. Zug," below the image the name "Johann Sontag" with date, and a four-line verse on the back. H. 15 cm. Condition B.