Bohne and Sohne

19th century German earthenware beer stein mug with tin lid and cobalt blue ornamental decoration.   

*Please visit our storefront for additional baskets. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY: A collection of antique stoneware dipping baskets once used by plating factories to contain tarnished metal articles as they were submerged in acids in order to be stripped. Designed to be completely acid-proof, each is a unique work of incidental art pottery, most decorated with a rich salt glaze, rendering their textures similar to early American stoneware...

Vintage Villeroy & Boch Mettlach Beer Stein 2901 Grimm Fairy Tales. Item features Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood, The Fro...

German ((late 19th Century-possibly by ADOLF DIESINGER) porcelain beer stein with 2 winter scenes and 3 figures with pewter cover (Estate of Robert Ripley)

Antique porcelain beer jug with a tin lid Southern German Historicism A typical humorous depiction of the time: 'A Sunday afternoon in the mountains'. (Written in old German letter...

Antique German Lidded Blue Glazed Earthenware Beer Stein Jug Merkelbach & Wick German Earthenware, Metal c. 1900 Dimensions: H x D: 18.5cm x 13.5cm This fine beer stein was made by Merkelbach & Wick, a German stoneware factory based in Grenzhausen. Founded around 1872–1873 by Friedrich Wilhelm Merkelbach II and Georg Peter Wick, the firm became known for its fine earthenware and, from the early 1880s onward, its ivory stoneware, which blended traditional craftsmanship with emerging artistic styles. Their creations gained particular popularity in North America, with roughly half of their production exported there by the late 19th century. Merkelbach & Wick’s beer steins were especially notable: many 19th and early 20th century pub steins, including those produced for major breweries, were crafted in salt-glazed or ivory stoneware and often bore the distinctive ‘M W Gr.’ impressed seal - such as the one on this example - making them highly prized by collectors today. Crafted from earthenware, this stein features moulded high-relief decoration encircling the entire body. Various geometric borders frame a central band filled with naturalistic and mythological motifs. Oval cartouches contain classical busts, while the spaces between them depict centaurs, symbolising the duality of human nature and the tension between intellect and instinct. The deep blue glaze accentuates the raised decoration while allowing parts of the ivory-coloured earthenware to remain visible for contrast. The prominent earthenware handle is decorated in the same style as the body, and the vessel is topped with a hinged metal lid. Its generously sized thumb lever allows the drinker to comfortably raise the lid, and the top is inset with a beautifully modelled earthenware panel. On the base remains the original Merkelbach & Wick label, highlighting the firm's international reach with branches in Philadelphia, Vienna, and Munich. The earthenware is also impressed with their ‘M W Gr.’ mark, used between c. 1879 and 1921. With its detailed design and superb craftsmanship from a renowned manufacturer, this antique stein...

A delightful antique novelty Continental majolica pottery lidded character tobacco jar of a man wearing a fez type hat dating from the latter 19th century. The jar is modeled as the ...

German pottery stein by Matthias Girmscheid. Modeled as a monkey with top hat and pipe. Marked 828 to the base. Dimensions: 5.5" x 4" x 8.25" (...

Charming German beer stein from the mid-20th century. Ceramic stein decorated with floral designs, houses, and two German figures, a man and a woman, in the Bavarian style. Blue and ...

For sale is an original beer stein. It belongs to a German fraternity recognizable by the inscription "Ehre, Freundschaft, Vaterland" (honor, friendship, fatherland) and FSv on the p...

antique porcelain beer stein with pewter lid South German Historicism A typical humorous depictiontion of the time: 'such a damned corner skittle' (Written in old German orthograph...

Charming cylindrical German lidded faience beer stein with handle. Stein is white glazed faience pottery, with a colorful scene of a running horse in a beautiful pasture. The lid is ...