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Antique Faience Beer Stein with Floral Bouquet Amberg Factory late-1700s
: Presented is an early German beer stein made around the late 1700s. The stein was made in the Amberg factory in South Germany. It shows all the features of South German faience - the straight top and the flared-out bottom.
The stein is made of faience - a tan-colored earthenware with white tin glaze. It was then painted by one of the factory decorators, who created a beautiful picture of a bouquet of flowers—a very common subject for German furniture decorations and slightly different for every factory. The floral images are painted in medallions of long or convex octagon shape with sponged magenta background around the medallions.
The Amberg factory was established in 1759. It produced faience from 1759 until 1795 when it switched to stoneware.
The pewter mountings consist of a pewter lid with a five-ring closed-style hinge. The bottom of the stein shows the "AB" mark that is identified with the Amberg factory mark.
The stein is in very good condition for the faience piece this old. There is one hairline on the side not quite visible from the outside. There is some minor glaze flakes on the handle and upper rim. The lid is in excellent condition and sitting tight.
It is large and impressive, standing 9.5" tall to the top of the thumblift, 1L capacity. |
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| Condition: minor glaze flakes, hairline - otherwise excellent |
Year: late 1700s |
| Country: Germany |
| Height: 9.5 in |
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| Materials: Faience |
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