Decorative Beer Stein
Date1900
Mediumceramic, pewter
Dimensions8 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in. (21.6 × 14.9 × 10.5 cm)
ClassificationsVessels & Containers
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Mr. and Mres. Irving E. Meinrath in memory of Hattie and Louis C. Ilfeld
Object numberPC1982.179.1
DescriptionThis stein is shaped like a tall cylinder with a widened base, a curved semi-circle handle on the side, and a domed pewter lid. The handle is connected to the lid with a metal hinge and a decorative thumb press on top. The handle is brown with yellow and white lines following the curve. A blue line is in the middle of the others and has a row of white dots within it. The press is metal with leaf-like engravings and swirls etched into it. When pressed down, the hinge lifts the lid open so the stein can be used. The lid is made of a silver metal that encloses the opening and rises into a short dome. The top and side of the dome are decorated in the same brown, white, and yellow color scheme has the handle, with small white dots running around the circumference. In the middle there is a gold crown on a blue background. There are two sections to the crown. The upper section is curved and reaches up to a point with red in the middle, while the lower is made of arches and has pink in the middle. This pink also flows out has a banner around the crown. The top and bottom edges of the body of the stein has blue ovals with decorations on a yellow background running around the width of the stein along with white dots on a yellow background. The very top of the lid is white and has the symbol "1/2 L" engraved into it, signifying the volume the stein holds. The base is grey with the manufacturer symbol for Villeroy & Boch, has well has the product number 1986 engraved underneath. On the front of the stein is a decorative picture of the word "PROSIT" encased in a brown and gold arch arch with a white and blue seal on top. Two women in green and yellow fashionable dresses and hats stand on either side. The rest of the picture is made of green, brown, and yellow flora going around either side of the main body. The back of the stein is gold with black writing engraved into it, different plants also decorate above and below. The black writing reads “GERSTENSAFT MIT HOPFEN CREDENZT VON SCHÖNER HAND, SIND JEDER WUNDERTROPFEN IN WEITEN DEUTSCHEN LAND" (BARLEY JUICE AND HOPS, SERVED BY A PRETTY HAND, ARE WONDROUS DROPS FOR EVERYONE IN THE WIDE GERMAN LAND).On View
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