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Antique Villeroy & Boch Mettlach # 1526
Antique Villeroy & Boch Mettlach # 1526
Antique Villeroy & Boch Mettlach # 1526
Antique Villeroy & Boch Mettlach # 1526

Antique Villeroy & Boch Mettlach # 1526

$ 52.8

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
  • Theme: Breweriana, Beer
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region: Germany
  • Modified Item: No
  • Brand: Villeroy & Boch
  • Object Type: Lidded Stein
  • Condition: The stein is in over all good condition with no cracks, crazing, or repairs. However there is a very small dimple as noted in photo number 1. I believe this occurred in the oven baking process. Sold as is.

    Description

    The stein depicted in this auction was made by Villeroy & Boch from the town of Mettlach. The stein is pottery, transfer and the size is 1/2 L.  The name of the piece is "DelMonico's Jan. 9 TH. 1901."   The stein form number is 1526
    .  The stein has a pewter lid with a very nice thumb.  The stein was made in 1894, that makes the stein about 127 years old.  The stein has the Green Mercury mark.  Among the most well-known and highly regarded manufacturers from the “golden age” of German beer stein production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is the Villeroy & Boch factory at Mettlach. Located on the grounds of a former Benedictine abbey on the Saar river in southwest Germany, the factory was originally established in 1809 by Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann, who merged with competitor Nicholas Villeroy in 1836 to create the firm of Villeroy & Boch.