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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9798827, member: 2844&quot;]Difficult to see with that glare, but the base doesn&#039;t seem to have much wear. But it is a beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks. I see there is a space between DI and KAN, so the last bit means &#039;the jug&#039; (like &#039;die kan&#039; or &#039;de kan&#039; in Dutch).</p><p>I do know &#039;Piefge&#039; as a nickname, but it could have a different meaning as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can make out that the text is in Ripuarian (Ripuarisch), the language spoken in Freschen and the surrounding part of the German Rhineland, but also in southeastern Dutch Limburg and part of the province of Liège, in Belgium.</p><p>That is a sign that it was probably made for the local market.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like a rhyme for a drinking game. I don&#039;t speak Ripuarian, but I&#039;ll see how far I get with the text.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>My take on the first bit is: &quot;Piefge has invented (made?) you&quot;</p><p>&#039;DOBT&#039; looks like &#039;DOBY&#039; to me, meaning &quot;thereby&quot;.</p><p>I suspect &#039;LEDERMAN&#039; is actually &#039;Iederman&#039;, &quot;everyone&quot;.</p><p>&#039;FRONGDE&#039; means &quot;friends&quot; imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it is difficult to photograph a text on a globular object, but could you take a photo of the part that says:</p><p><br /></p><p>NECVDE : FRONGDE : DOBT : GETNPDABWES[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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