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Vintage West German ceramic beer stein featuring an ornate raised relief design with a colorful dancing couple in traditional German attire. Decorative scrollwork and German inscriptions surround the stein, and it has a dark brown textured handle.
Finished with an embossed hinged metal/pewter-style lid and decorative thumb lift.
Bottom is marked WESTERN GERMANY with additional maker/production markings.Details:
Vintage West German beer stein
Estimated era: Mid-20th century
Ceramic/stoneware body
Raised relief decoration
Dancing couple scene
German inscriptions
Multicolor hand-painted details
Hinged metal/pewter-style lid
Decorative thumb lift
Dark brown handle
Marked Western Germany
Number 9 marked on bottom
Collectible German barware/decorDümler & Breiden (D&B) German beer stein, catalog/mold No. 398, known by collectors as the “Defregger Images with Saying” stein. The Beer Stein Library documents No. 398 as a 0.5-liter relief pottery stein with a pewter lid and the same Tyrolean dancing figures and German inscription.The inscription reads “Ein Trunk beim Tanz in Ehren, den wird dir Niemand wehren.” In natural English, it means roughly “A drink while dancing will be denied to no one.”West German • German Beer Stein • Vintage Stein • Lidded Stein • Pewter Lid • Relief Stein • Dancing Couple • German Folk Art • Bavarian Style • Oktoberfest • Tavern Decor • Barware • Beer Collectible • Mid Century • European Decor • Rustic Decor • Old World • Traditional German • Stoneware • Man Cave Decor
