: Presented is an early German beer stein made around 1780. The stein was made in the factory of Schrezheim. Founded in 1752, the Schrezheim factory, near Ellwagen in southern Germany, produced many beautiful beer steins until it was closed in 1865.

The stein is made from traditional Schrezheim reddish clay and glazed with white tin glaze. In Germany, its shape is called "Walzenkrug" - "the cylindrical stein."
The stein was painted by one of the factory decorators, who created a picture of a beautiful floral bouquet - a prevalent subject for faience decoration. The

The stein has great pewter mounts - Schrezheim was famous for their pewter. It consists of a heavy lid with a fancy thumblift. The lid is engraved with the initials "M.C.B." The bottom is marked with a symbol - it's a well-known Schrezheim mark.

The stein is in good condition - there are some small faint hairlines, but other than that - no chips or major cracks.

This is a smaller stein standing 6.25" tall to the top of the thumblift, 0.3 L capacity.