Topic: Cut beer mug - old, but how old, early 19th?

[krsilber]

And nice talking to you (and others) as well, Dirk! :kissy:  It's indeed an interesting piece.  I imagine the 1/4 L was added later. 
I've looked through a few sites showing a lot of steins.  I've seen a couple with similar heavy-looking bottoms, but nothing matching yours in other respects.  This is the closest I could find - it looks nothing like yours, but it has a heavy solid bottom, low round handle, and cut pattern.  Oh - they say it's mold blown - I wonder if that applies to the flowers, too.  Hmph.

Looks so awkward with the low handle, like it would be hard to work the hinge to get the lid open.  Intriguing piece.

[dirk.]

Uwe Wolf has a few on his site:
http://www.glaswolf.de/Geschliffene-Kruege.326.0.html
It seems this low handle was quite popular at the end of the 19th century. I still can´t believe it´s early 20th,
when the litre was introduced, so last third of the 19th with a later added measure line seems plausible for me.
This would possible make sense, because it´s obviously an article of use. So the owner himself may have added
(or let add) the measure within his lifetime.
The foot is intriguingly effective. It´s impossible to tip it over; it will always slide.

[neilh]

Just to add to Paul's comment earlier in the thread, the Molineaux Webb pressed glass catalogue bears out this idea of the shape of handle changing circa 1860. It has a number of jug designs from 1840 to 1870, and virtually all the pre 1855 jugs, like the design 411 shown here, have the S shape handle, with the post 1865 ones having a different shape, such as design 435, which can be dated to 1867. There is a bit of crossover in handle shape in the 1855 - 1865 time period.

[dirk.]

Thanks for the illustration, Neil, and sorry for not replying earlier. I´m having a few days off thankfully and
been away to Lake Constance to visit a friend. 

[singingyamada]

Would it have been for a ship.  thinking because of big base and possible lid?

[dirk.]

Interesting point definitely, thanks for the suggestion! I´ll try to investigate that route as well...