GERMAN CERAMIC BEER STEIN WITH PEWTER LID AND FIGURAL HANDLE -

A SUBSTANTIAL GERMAN STONEWARE BEER STEIN OF TRADITIONAL FORM, FEATURING HAND-PAINTED FIGURAL DECORATION DEPICTING TAVERN SCENES WITH PERIOD-COSTUMED FIGURES IN OCHRE, BLUE, AND BURGUNDY TONES AGAINST A BRICK ARCHITECTURAL BACKGROUND. THE CYLINDRICAL CERAMIC BODY IS MOUNTED WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PEWTER LID FEATURING A DECORATIVE CONICAL FINIAL AND ORNAMENTAL THUMBREST. THE HANDLE IS FORMED AS A FIGURAL CERAMIC ELEMENT, CHARACTERISTIC OF GERMAN STEIN PRODUCTION OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.

IDENTIFICATION AND ORIGIN:
- ORIGIN: WEST GERMANY
- BASE MARK: UNDERGLAZE BLUE MARKING 'WEST GERMANY'
- PERIOD: LATE 19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1880-1900
- CONSTRUCTION: HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC BODY WITH APPLIED PEWTER LID AND CERAMIC HANDLE

SPECIFICATIONS:
- HEIGHT: 28 CM
- DIAMETER: 10 CM
- PRIMARY MATERIAL: STONEWARE CERAMIC WITH COBALT BLUE BANDING AND DECORATIVE STRIPING
- SECONDARY MATERIALS: PEWTER LID WITH CAST FINIAL, CERAMIC FIGURAL HANDLE
- DECORATION: HAND-PAINTED TAVERN SCENE WITH MULTIPLE FIGURES IN TRADITIONAL GERMAN DRESS, ARCHITECTURAL BACKGROUND WITH BRICK DETAILING

CONDITION: THE CERAMIC BODY IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR CRAZING TO THE GLAZE, CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND TYPICAL FOR STONEWARE OF THIS PERIOD. THE RIM IS INTACT WITH NO CHIPS OR HAIRLINE CRACKS. THE PEWTER LID RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL PATINA AND SHOWS APPROPRIATE WEAR. THE FIGURAL HANDLE IS SECURE AND INTACT. THE HAND-PAINTED DECORATION REMAINS VIBRANT WITH GOOD COLOUR SATURATION, THOUGH MINOR WEAR TO GILDED OR ENAMEL DETAILS IS EVIDENT, AS EXPECTED FOR A FUNCTIONAL DRINKING VESSEL OF THIS AGE.

NOTES: THIS STEIN REPRESENTS TYPICAL GERMAN STONEWARE PRODUCTION OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, COMBINING FUNCTIONAL FORM WITH DECORATIVE NARRATIVE PAINTING. THE FIGURAL HANDLE AND SUBSTANTIAL PEWTER LID ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF QUALITY GERMAN MANUFACTURE. THE BASE MARKING 'WEST GERMANY' INDICATES PRODUCTION IN THE GERMAN TERRITORIES FOLLOWING THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR PERIOD.

Item Size: Height: 31cm, Width: 25cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 2Kg

Condition: Good

TOORMINA
548763+9

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