This German Beer Stein with the pewter lid, whole piece, made of Porcelain! Not from the clays pottery! From 50th – 60th. Right after the company- factory was nationalized by the Est Germany government. Before that, in 1940 Schaubach factory based in Wallendorf and only produced high quality artistic porcelain. When surching prising I found this info, but I didn’t find anything close to this Beer Stein. This is an exceptional piece, with the intricate details. Superb hand – made and painted, with a very special medallion in the central part. It is not glazed as the whole beer stein, but made of the very fine porcelain mass – ” biscuit”. It’s required high skills to make almost 3D reliefs panel of a wild Boar head, you can even count the hairs on it, as. Well as the oak leafs on the branches! And a very fine brush strokes with the painting! Very difficult task, to combine different techniques and technology / like burning, gold painting / and materials, to get in the end absolutely perfect result! Every colour, especially gold, different porcelain masses, forms… Require special temperatures and very specific timeliness. A gold paint will turns black. Expensive and Time consuming process with such combinations! H – 21 cm. D of the bottom – 9,5 cm. D of the top – 7 cm. Limited edition number – 9825. Signed C or G. Rarely comes on the market this days. Any questions you may have are welcome. If your location is outside the U. So please contact me for more details. Global Shopping Program available. Thanks for your interest. Smoke and pets free house.