Is this Pottery piece German Pennsylvania Pottery? Thanks for any info. The glaze is like a green/gold color. What type of bottle would you call this? It is 9" tall.
@maxine*j wrote:Have you tried running the text through an on-line translator?
I tried, and found it quite tricky. It's easy to get a letter or two wrong with words that are handwritten in an unfamiliar language, and that messes up the auto-translation. (Also, a couple of the words are split over two lines.) Anyway, this is my best attempt at a transcription, with no guarantee that it's 100% correct:
Lelkében vígan él a magyar, ha könnyet ejt muzsikaszót hallgat. Vivat!
which apparently translates to:
The Hungarian lives cheerfully in his soul, when he sheds a tear listening to music. Vivat!
Of course, vivat = "your health"/"cheers," so it's a toast, as you suggested. I couldn't find any other examples of the saying. I imagine the last two words are the maker's signature, but I can't make them out.
