Category: Other Metal Steins and Drinking Vessels

WMF I believe – CLARET: A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France,  centered on the city of Bordeaux and covering the whole area of the Gironde department, with a total vineyard area of over 120,000 hectares, making it the largest wine growing area in France. Average vintages produce over 700…

Oil on Canvas – In the State Heritage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. No date of painting given. As V &B Mettlach beer stein collectors most always collect a few Mettlach incised (not etched!) plaques to go with their collection, and as “Reservist” beer stein collectors also display Reservist certificates or unit photographs, then so might…

The Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Each Nine inch tall chalice is engraved with: “FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND / CANONGATE / 1845”   THE ORIGINAL FOUR, BELL – METAL BRONZE CHALICES OF THE “FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.” [FWTD]  The “Free Church of Scotland” is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from…

BOWLING  PIN BEER  MUG,  RWP,  WILTON ARMETALE. “Armetale” – What is this stuff? My first exposure to “Armetale” was  on a going out-to-dinner trip in York,  Pennsylvania, with some old friends of mine years ago. The restaurant was a quaint old place with some Federal Colonials name to it. It was very dimly lit and these were hanging on the…

sos-r[Editor’s note 6-1-2013l   Anyone interested in Copper, or old mining should enjoy reading this article I did! ~ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/01/mes-aynak-afghanistans-buddhist-buried-treasure-faces-destruction/ BRONZE BEER STEINS AND OTHER DRINKING VESSELS: Steins made out of bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, are extremely hard to find, and when found are “usually” old and expensive, due to the process of making…

NOTE:  CLEANERS AND POLISHERS ARE NOT THE SAME TO ME  ►  TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES! An example of one process described below: A pre-revolutionary Russian brass “pass cup” with copper body rings. I used “King Midas” (a great cleaner, but it is  now KAPUT! = Out of business.) to get the initial oxidation off and then “MAAS” to…

A copper clad Westerwald 3 liter relief stoneware stein showing three early Frankish kings: Pipen, Charles Martel, and Charlemagne. [Editor’s note 6-1-2013l  ~Anyone interested in Copper, or old mining should enjoy reading this article I did! ~ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/01/mes-aynak-afghanistans-buddhist-buried-treasure-faces-destruction/ A new stein collector asks; “Steve, what is ‘bronzed’ as applied to collectable beer steins?” “Bronzing” is…

          Zinnkrug  –  Münzhumpen 1821. (Comps. eBay’s  “langorium”) I was the runner up on this one, 2-2013! The following group of photos is merely a display of coined beer steins, called “Munzhupen” and “Muntzbechers,” or “coined beakers.” The idea behind this page is only to give the new stein collectors an overview of what may…

A large Bohemian copper serving stein on the floor. See more at this page: “The Sport of Drinking; the Monks” = http://www.steveonsteins.com/the-sport-of-drinking-p3-the-monks-11-1-10-no-x [Editor’s note 6-1-2013l   Anyone interested in Copper, or old mining should enjoy reading this article ~ I did! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/01/mes-aynak-afghanistans-buddhist-buried-treasure-faces-destruction/ Shown ▲: About 1/5th of the copper beer steins in the Smith’s Museum and Tavern Collection…

Different sized and  construction  Russian Copper beer mugs with one, two and three handles, all in the S M & T ‘s collection: “From Which To Drink.”  Ca. MID 1700’Ss-1850. [Editor’s note 6-1-2013l   Anyone interested in Copper, or old mining should enjoy reading this article I did!  ~ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/01/mes-aynak-afghanistans-buddhist-buried-treasure-faces-destruction/ Russian copper and brass pots and mugs, such as those…