Antique Early Faience Beer Stein Schrezheim Factory Keg Form Signed c.1800

Description

Antique Early Faience Beer Stein Schrezheim Factory Keg Form Signed c.1800
Description:
Presented is an early German beer stein made around the early 1800s. The stein was made in the factory of Schrezheim - one of the largest faience factory in Germany.
The stein is made from traditional Schrezheim reddish clay and glazed with white tin glaze. It was then painted by one of the factory decorators who created a simple image of a keg with vertical and circular stripes imitating stoves and hoops of a wooden keg.
Schrezheim was very famous in late 1700s to early 1800s for it's faience work and also for the best quality pewter lids. It was the longest lasting factory - most of the faience production factories were shut in early 1800s due to the competiton from emerging stoneware industrialized production and cheaper glass production. But the Schrezheim factory lasted well into the late 1850s - early 1860s.
The pewter mountings consist of a pewter lid with five-ring closed type hinge and hollow ball thumblift
The bottom of the stein shows some the initial "A" made in ink - this is the painter's signature. This particular signature is documented as one of the Schrezheim's artists - the signed Schrezheim steins are quite rare. There is also a incised number "3" in the bottom - this is actually a capacity mark indicating the 1 L capacity.
The stein is in a very good condition for the faience piece this old. There 2 short faint hardly visible hairlines at the upper rand. Otherwise, the stein is in excellent condition. The yellowish color on the side photo is not paint - just some age-related discoloration.
It is large and impressive, standing 9.5" tall to the top of the thumblift, 1L capacity.
Condition:
2 faint hairlines
Year:
circa 1800
Country:
Germany
Height:
9.5 in
Materials:
Faience
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