Antique Kaizer Wilhelm 1910s era German Stoneware Beer Stein 250ml with 4-part Pewter Lid and Thumb Lift 

AN ANTIQUE BEER STEIN WITH PEWTER LID AND THUMB LIFT HANDLE. IT HAS A HAND PAINTED COUNTRY INN SCENE DESIGN WITH MOUNTAINS. THE PEWTER LID IS MADE OUT OF A 4 PART MOULD WHICH DATES THIS STEIN TO THE PRE WW2 ERA. IT IS ENGRAVED ON BOTTOM GERMANY WHICH INDICATES PRE 1920.

BEER STEINS ARE CULTURAL ICONS AS MUCH AS THEY ARE DRINKING CONTAINERS. FROM THE TAVERNS AND INNS OF THE MEDIEVAL ERA, THE ANTIQUE GERMAN BEER STEIN HAS ACCOMPANIED EVERY OKTOBERFEST AND DRINKING EVENT IN GERMANYS RICH HISTORY, BECOMING A VALUABLE COLLECTORS ITEM.

THE TRADITIONAL ANTIQUE GERMAN BEER STEINS WERE MADE OF STONEWARE AND HAD PEWTER LIDS. MANY TRADITIONAL STEINS HAVE A HINGED LID WITH A THUMB LIFT, WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN EARLIER ERAS FOR SANITATION. THEY WILL BE HAND PAINTED ON A RAISED DESIGN (OFTEN COUNTRY SIDE INNS OR FOLK FESTIVALS) WITH SMALL IMPERFECTIONS SOMETIMES VISIBLE.

LOOK FOR MARKINGS THAT INDICATE IT WAS MADE IN GERMANY. THIS WAS A REQUIREMENT OF EXPORTS AFTER 1887. PHRASES LIKE "GEMACHT IN DEUTSCHLAND" OR GERMANY BEFORE 1920 OR "MADE IN GERMANY AFTER 1920" ARE COMMON. A STEIN MARKED AS MADE IN WESTERN GERMANY INDICATES IT WAS MADE BETWEEN 1949 AND 1990.

ANTIQUE BEER STEIN HANDLES DIDN'T HAVE BUMPS ON THE INNER HANDLE.VINTAGE AND ANTIQUE STEINS HAVE SMOOTH INNER HANDLES, MAKING THE PRESENCE OF A BUMP A KEY GIVEAWAY THAT THE PIECE IS NOT AN ORIGINAL FROM THAT ERA.

PEWTER LIDS MADE BEFORE WWII USED A THREE OR FOUR PART MOLD, WHILE MORE RECENT PEWTER LIDS ARE MADE IN A SINGLE MOLD.

MARKINGS: ENGRAVED ON BOTTOM: GERMANY
ON SIDE PANEL DESIGN: AUF DER ALM IST ES SCHON
(IT IS BEAUTIFUL ON THE MOUNTAIN PASTURE)

SIZE: 10CM WIDE UP TO HANDLE 17CM HIGH UP TO LID FINIAAL
CONDITION: NO DAMAGE. VERY GOOD CONDITION.

GERMAN BEER STEINS:
Beer steins evolved as a result of the laws passed in several German principalities stating that covers had to be on all beverage and food containers. The laws, and others related to sanitary conditions, were in reaction to the fear that a recurrence of the bubonic plague, also called the Black Death, would be caused by several invasions of flies throughout Central Europe in the mid to late fifteenth century. 

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