Stamped Villeroy and Bosch and numbered 168 on verso. Stein has removable lid. Measures apprx 20"x 3-1/2". Two registers show people indulging in drunkeness. German sayings praising the joys of drinking with friends surround the registers. The stein has been decorated to resemble German architecture with gothic and rose windows. The base of the stein is decorated with faces of men. The stein was made in Germany. In the 16th Century the Germans declared that all steins must be covered with lids to protect their contents.
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