Antique Early Pewter German Beer Stein Walzenkrug Engraved Saxonian Coat-of-Arms dat. Description: This very interesting and impressive beer stein was made in Germany in the early 1800s. It is a so-called “Walzenkrug” – a cylindrical form beer drinking vessel that was very popular in the 1700s. The thumblift is a hollow ball – please note that the hollow balls for the thumblift are a very good sign of authenticity. They never made solid balls for the thumblifts before 1850 – 1860 and there are no repros with hollow balls – I guess it is very hard to reproduce. The stein shows a cylindrical body with nicely and elaborately engraved Coat-of-Arms of of the Kingdom Saxony as it was in the early 1800s – with the black-yellow imperial colored stripes and green diagonal crancelin. Many pewter beer steins made by Saxonian pewterers has Saxonian Coat-of-Arms engraved. This one was owned by a person fro Weissbach, Baden Wurttemberg. I guess the Saxonian C-o-A on a beer stein was like a symbol of excellent quality – a matter of pride. 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 G. In Weissbach and dated 1811. The inside of the lid shows pewter hallmarks. These hallmarks belong to a pewterer named Carl Moritz Damm who worked in the Saxonian town of Rochlitz in the early 1800s. The stein is in great condition – it has some very minimal 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 11 tall to the top of the thumblift, 1L capacity. Condition: Very good – no damage, no repairs, some minor dings and scratches. Title: Antique Pewter German Beer Stein Wlazenkrug Saxonian c. Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. Track Page Views With.