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April 22, 2026: Spring Fine & Decorative Arts - Day One

Wed, Apr 22, 2026 09:00AM EDT
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  • Steins
Lot 608

GERMAN RELIEF-DECORATED CERAMIC STEINS, LOT OF FIVE

Estimate: $50 - $100
Starting Bid
$20

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

GERMAN RELIEF-DECORATED CERAMIC STEINS, LOT OF FIVE, comprising one 2L, Matthias Girmscheid example, catalogue number 510, titled Summer Gathering with text "In Summer freshness, when loving two, when singing three, when drinking four thats what I recommend", one 1L, S.P. Gerz example, catalogue number 969, showing a tavern scene of a man tickling a sleeping man with a feather, with hinged domed pewter lid and thumbrest, one 2L example depicting Germania, a man holding a flag and a center portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn with the text "Good Health", one 2.5L jug with three panels of sayings around the body and three crests around neck and the spout is a bearded man, with a hinged domed pewter lid and thumbrest, and one .5L example, possibly Merkelbach & Wick, depicting riders charging into battle, with hinged domed pewter lid and thumbrest. Marks to the underside include on stein 510, the Girmscheid triangle with stein, "252B", on stein 969 is "510", "6", on 2L "GERMANY", "163", and on .5L stein is a faint black stamp "MW/G". Late 19th/early 20th century. 9 1/4" to 15 1/2" HOA. 
Catalogue Note: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) was a German gymnast and educator credited with founding the German gymnastics movement.

Condition

Three undamaged; stein 510 is missing a pewter lid; 2L Germania stein having pewter lid broken off, leaving just the thumbrest and strap; stein 969 has a bent back thumbrest.

Provenance

From the estate of George Breckner, Jr., gifted to The Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH, deaccessioned in accordance with museum policy to benefit future acquisitions.

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