(3) Covered Beer Steins From Various Makers and Materials. One has a gilt brass top with a glass body. The largest is a blue and white porcelain stein with pewter accents and hinge, covered with harbor imagery and marked as a limited edition piece made in West Germany by Berlin Design Nautica in 1976. The smallest piece is a pewter-lidded Rosenthal Studio-Haus brown and blue porcelain stein, marked on the bottom with the original label.
Largest Size: 5 1/2 x 5 x 5 in.
A beer stein, or simply stein, is either a traditional beer mug made out of stoneware or specifically an ornamental beer mug sold as a souvenir or collectible. In addition to stoneware, steins have been produced in a wide array of materials, including pewter, porcelain, silver, wood, and glass; they may have open tops but usually have hinged lids with a thumb-lever. Steins mainly come in sizes of a half liter or a full liter, although both smaller and larger variations are commonly sold purely as souvenirs. Like tankards, they are often decorated in a nostalgic manner with allusions to Germany and regional history of Central Europe. In the 20th Century collecting antique and replicated beer steins became a popular hobby, and production of beer steins expanded from the Westerwald region of Germany to the Americas, with the largest producer currently Ceramarte of Brazil.
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