Old wine merchant's advertising card - Circa 1860

Beautiful lithographed advertising card for Friedrich Brückner, wine merchant in Mainstockheim-am-Main, near Würzburg, presented as the owner of Eberach Castle. The vine-leaf decoration frames a detailed view of the estate and the river, enlivened by a steamboat, in a composition particularly evocative of 19th-century German wine trade. At the bottom it bears the mention "Lith. Anst. v. J. A. Hofmann in Würzburg".

✦ Estimated period: circa 1858-1865
✦ Origin: Germany, Mainstockheim near Würzburg – J. A. Hofmann lithographic workshop
✦ Dimensions: approx. 11.5 x 8.5 cm
✦ Material: lithograph on paper
✦ Condition: Slight soiling and small old stains; good overall appearance

This old advertising card for a wine merchant is a beautiful piece of 19th-century German ephemera for collectors of lithographs, viticulture, and old advertising.