Antique Early German Faience Beer Stein Nuremberg Factory Architectural Motif c. Description: Presented is a very impressive and beautiful old German beer stein manufactured in the town of Nuremberg/Nurnberg in the German state of Bavaria. The faience factory in Nuremberg operated from 1712 till around 1840. The stein was made of faience with hand-painted decorations. The Nuremberg factory employed the best decorators in the country, it was famous for the quality of the paintings and the reason the Nuremberg faience is highly esteemed among the faience collectors. The steins of this shape are called in Germany “Walzenkrug” – “cylindrical stein”. It was painted by one of the factory decorators who created a beautiful and compelling picture with side medallions showing views of a village with a church tower, and other buildings, with bushes and trees. The whole decoration was done in several shades of blue – very common for Nuremberg. I found a very similar stein in an old German catalog (see pics). It seems the same artist decorated it. The artist’s mark is on the bottom – this “P” mark is a known Nuremberg painter’s mark. The stein in the catalog was dated 1780 – I presume this one was made around the same time. Nice pewter a massive foot ring, a lip ring, and the lid with a large hollow ball thumblift. This type of massive pewter mounts were used quite often in the Nuremberg factory beer steins. The stein is in excellent condition for the ceramics item that old. There are no chips, no cracks, no repairs and restorations – a rare thing, the stein presents gorgeously. A large and impressive antique vessel standing 9.5 tall to the top of the thumblift, over 1L capacity. Height: 9.5 in. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting. Attention Sellers – Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva. Com. Track Page Views With.