Antique Early Pewter Engraved German Beer Stein Walzenkrug Saxonian dat. Description: This very interesting and impressive beer stein was made in Germany in the first half of the 1800s. It is a so-called “Walzenkrug” – a cylindrical form beer drinking vessel that was very popular in the 1700s. The body is ribbed – that was done to prevent denting. The urn-shaped thumblift was popular in the 1820s – 1840s. I haven’t seen any such thumblift after that date. This cylindrical body with a broad hollow base and tapered lid is associated with the Saxonian pewter tradition. For about 150 years Saxonian pewterers from Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz, and other Saxonian towns were making more or less similar pewter steins that were very popular all over Germany from the early 1700s till the 1850s. The lid is engraved with the initials M. “, “Rositz and dated 1837. The inside of the lid shows pewter hallmarks consistent with the date. The stein was made in 1837 or earlier. The stein is in very good for its age condition – it has some very minor dings and scratches unavoidable for the soft metal as pewter, but no breaks, tears or repairs – a rare condition for beer steins this old. The stein is large and impressive, it is 10.5 tall, 1L capacity. Height: 10.5 in. Title: Antique Pewter German Beer Stein Wlazenkrug Saxonian c. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Track Page Views With.