Steve On Steins

Category: Stein Questions and Answers

  • Answers to “beer stein” questions of interest. [3]

    Answers to “beer stein” questions of interest. [3]

    PAGE 3  – And a reminder from Page 1 = Here is the deal with the beer stein questions folks: Don’t ask the questions .if you don’t want to hear the answers! Steve A quick summary of the “subjects” of questions found  below – ONLY ON PAGE 3: [26] A very nice set of 3 German Student society …

  • Answers to “beer stein” questions of interest. [2]

    Answers to “beer stein” questions of interest. [2]

    PAGE 2  =  And a reminder from Page 1 = Here is the deal with the beer stein questions folks: Don’t ask the questions .if you don’t want to hear the answers! Steve _________________________________________ A quick summary of the “subjects” of questions found  below – ONLY ON PAGE 2: [15] Large wooden stein from Estonia. [16] Manusov’s Character Stein (ECS-181),…

  • Answers to “beer stein” questions of interest. [1]

    Answers to “beer stein” questions of interest. [1]

    QUIRYN VAN BREKELENKAM.  Soldier Drinking. I really enjoy getting emails such as these posted below, as it gives me a chance to help fill in the gaps of knowledge between all the formal written articles and the stuff still clogging up my mind, and of course the best part = I get to do a lot of new (to…

  • Unanswered Questions About Beer Steins and Other Drinking Vessels. (With Some Answers.)

    Unanswered Questions About Beer Steins and Other Drinking Vessels. (With Some Answers.)

    Although I’ve been collecting beer steins, tankards, beakers, pokals, and other drinking vessels for over 40 years now, there is still a wealth of information that other people have that I or the collecting masses do not. Therefore this web-site and also this informational page. Anyone with even the slightest information on any of the listed questions is asked to…

  • Why the lids on beer steins? [2] Once there, they became something to decorate.

    Why the lids on beer steins? [2] Once there, they became something to decorate.

    It is of course what makes a ‘beer stein’, a “beer stein” = THE LID! This page was produced for the very new collector, who might not have any idea what a “work of art’ an old beer stein lid (up to WWII) might look like. I have purchased some steins only because I really enjoyed the lid. (Just…

  • Beer Stein Myths, and a Few Misnomers and just The Wrong Words !

    Beer Stein Myths, and a Few Misnomers and just The Wrong Words !

    Beer stein myths, and a few misnomers OR: THE BEER STEIN “BULL PUCKIES”  STORIES. I am going to make a special attempt to clear up and to shed light on those stein descriptions / stories that go with them, that are not true! STEIN MYTH NO. 1   It is the description of the stein (below) being called,  by most stein…

  • Rarity Scale = for All Beer Steins from “Target Practice” to Yard Sale to European Museum Quality.

    Rarity Scale = for All Beer Steins from “Target Practice” to Yard Sale to European Museum Quality.

    Another” ten” on the scale. An Imperial Russian gilded silver and enamel stein by Paval Ovchinikov in Moscow, late 1800’s. One of these (and there are a couple around) was dedicated to Admiral Beatty (English WWI hero ) from the Czar of Russia. EDITOR’S NOTE: Requesting assistance from EBAY, ETSY, AND OTHER WWW ANTIQUES SELLERS;…

  • Why the lids on beer steins? [1] The real reasons!

    Why the lids on beer steins? [1] The real reasons!

           “For Dad” (A “Hummel” by Goebel.)   “Lids on beer steins; why? (Or they must have been very smart flies!”)     Pictured is a young German girl who has been dispatched, out into the cold and snow to get someone in her family, probably ‘old pops’, a maas (liter) of ‘bier.’  (O/O/C: by N. B.…