Name: Gertrude

Artist: David Lawrence

Item No: TJDLCA3

Collection Name: Treasure Jest

Subset Name: Small Treasure Jest

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Made In: England

Status: Retired

Carving Date: 2002

Release Date: 5/24/2002

In Store Date: 9/1/2002

Retirement Date: 4/15/2004

Edition Size: 3,713

US Issue Price in USD: $49.5

UK Issue Price in GBP: £29.5

CAN Issue Price in CND: $70

Category: Box Figurine

Dimensions (Inches): 1.9 x 1.4 x 2.8

This beautiful carved stein is inspired by a vessel belonging to artist David Lawrence. It is one of the few containers not to be eroded, distorted or decayed by “Penfold’s Old Peculiar,” a strong brew with a specific gravity of 1057 degrees. Two dates on the stein - 1995 and 2002 - are the two dates when David started carving for Harmony Kingdom: his first appearance and the time of his resurrection. Two drinking greetings are engraved around the bottom: “Raise a cup of kindness” (borrowed from Robert Burns) and “Wassail! Wassail!” (an Old Norse word meaning “Be whole.”). Hidden inside the stein is a hop, the fruit responsible for the pungent flavoring of most English real ales.