ANTIQUE GERMAN LIDDED STEIN LITHOPANE BASE

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A NICE ANTIQUE GERMAN HAND PAINTED STEIN. TRANSFER SCENE BUT ALL HAND PAINTED IN GOOD DETAIL. MARKED 1/2 L BEHIND TOP OF HANDLE. OTHERWISE UNMARKED. IT HAS IMPRESSED 23 ON FOOTRING NEXT TO A SPOT WHERE THERE IS A FIRING STILT CHIP. THAT IS IN MAKING. NO CRACKS OR REPAIRS. DECORATION WAS NEVER SCRUBBED AND IS SHARP AND CRISP. 2 VERY MINOR LIGHT SCRATCHES. 2 IN MAKING LINES ON PEWTER HANDLE WHERE IT IS ATTATCHED. NOTHING MOVES AT ALL AND LID SITS PERFECT ON THE TOP. YOU CAN SEE ON BACK OF HANDLE ON PEWTER WHERE ONE LINE IS JUST ABOVE WHERE THE THICKNESS OF PEWTER IS DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE LINE TO PROVE ITS IN MAKING. VERY CLEAN INTERIOR. LITHOPANE TAVERN OR HOUSE SCENE IS BETTER THAN PHOTO SHOWS. NO DENTS TO THE TOP AT ALL. A FEW LIGHT SCRATCHES TO PAINT ALONG BOTTOM EDGE THAT ARE MINOR. NOTHING TOUCHED UP AT ALL. IT MEASURES 9 1/4 INCHES HIGH TO FINIAL. 5 1/2 AT WIDEST INCLUDING HANDLE. THIS IS A PORCELAIN BODY NOT POTTERY. GOOD WEIGHT AT A LITTLE OVER 2 POUNDS. BUYER TO PAY WITHIN 3 DAYS THANKS.