PLEASE NOTE: I have for over a year now placed these three short “notifications” at the bottom of each page!
It is now obvious to me the general public never gets that far before wanting to ask me a question on beer stein dollar values. So I have had to move them forward as I am getting tired of copying them and sending them back to people as an answer to their “stein value?” questions. This was meant to be an informational web site only.
WISH TO CONTACT ME? STEVE (STEPHEN) = thevirginian@cox.net
I DO NOT DO VALUE ($$$’s) APPRAISALS! There are way too many variables: condition, location, time of year, present trends in stein collecting, local (and now national) economics; but most of all = prior expectations by the owner, are among the reasons!
NOR WILL I KNOWINGLY DO ASSESSMENTS for the future selling of steins on auction sites such as eBay, etc. Go to the web site for “Stein Collector’s International” and click on “Stein Talk,” someone there might help you. I just do not have the time.
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Hello fellow beer stein collectors, welcome to “Steve on Steins.”
Here soon, (June – 2010) with any luck, and if my two index fingers hold out, I’ll be sharing all sorts of ‘stuff’ about beer steins and other European drinking vessels… “From Which To Drink.” [FWTD] which is the name I gave my collection. I plan on adding articles and photos all the time (after posting the initial grouping of about 12 pages, and I have now posted over 2,500 photos), so please do check back once in awhile. [Note: This "project" was started in June 2010, and after two major set backs (data photo files crashed.) I now have well over 100 separate "drinking vessel subject pages" and several more of "stein related" but featuring miscellaneous subjects, also posted.
For example, the group of enameled glass steins just below (all in my collection) was made by the Theresienthal Glashütte, around 1890 in Bavaria, and not in Bohemia as most imagine. I had earlier a large photo file of over 400 Theresienthal made glass drinking vessels (before they all went to visit Peter and Tinkerbell in "Never-never Land" ) and many of those will be reconstructed and will be re-posted on this web site. It will include beer steins, beer servers, pokals, and roemers all done by this firm.
Please click on the Tab: "Theresienthal Glass Steins - The Guide" on the right side of this page, and the next Tab "Theresienthal Glass Steins -Photos." It will be a pretty extensive photo file so I'll be working on it off and on during the rest of the year of 2011 (and maybe into 2012.)
NOTE [1]: [AWPD] next to, or at the bottom of the page title means: “A Working Pictorial Document” = I’m not at all finished with it.
NOTE [2]: While this is a WWW.COM listed web site, this site’s information is free to the public and was developed for educational purposes. If you use this resource for whatever reason, please reference www.steveonsteins.com. Thank you.
A grouping of Theresienthal beer steins showing some of the variety of styles that can be found.
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My most favorite Theresienthal beer stein, a .5 liter, Circa 1890. This lid is different from the one, top right in the photo above. It was one of T-H’s favorites, and best sellers too. [FWTD]
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A three liter enameled beer / wine server, with golden outlined highlights. [FWTD]
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A closer view of three of the Theresienthal beer or wine servers, showing the diversity of the pieces and techniques used by Theresienthal. All Circa 1890. [L =FWTD]
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A couple of more of my favorites by this firm: [L] 18 Inch tall Austrian Coat of Arms pokal. [R] another beautiful rendition of the gold trimmed leaves with a splendid pewter lid by G.Th. M. (The Brothers Tannhauer, Munich.) [BOTH FWTD]
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[Center] The latest addition to the Theresienthal collection: a Master Stein (server) with gold lined leaves and “drum” borders of blue prunts on the body. All Circa 1880-90. [FWTD]
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Just a typical night at “Smith’s Museum and Tavern” (S M & T), where everyone of Steve’s friends is drinking from their hand picked personal favorite vessel “FROM WHICH TO DRINK.”
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WISH TO CONTACT ME? STEVE (STEPHEN) = thevirginian@cox.net
“Stein Collecting Materialism: buying things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people that don’t matter!”