German Cobalt Decorated Steins Including Reinhold Merkelbach
Item Details
A pair of early 20th-century German stoneware steins with cobalt decoration. The Reinhold Merkelbach one liter stein depicts a sunrise scene encompassing a banner of German text which reads ‘Tinke bis die Sonn Aufgeht und der Haushan 3 mal Krat’ ( ‘Drink until the sun rises and the rooster crows three times’) . The stein has a figural thumb lift and stein motif pewter lid. It has an impressed ‘RM’ hexagram mark to the underside. The German stoneware stein with cobalt decoration and text around the collar reads ‘Die Ritterlichen Zechbruder’ ( ‘The Knightly Brotherhood’). Impressed marks are present to the underside.
Dimensions
- measures the larger.
Item #
17DCC309-340