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

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dirk.:
 :hb1: Thanks for your suggestion, Christine.  :kissy: Sometimes you simply forget to do the most obvious...  ::)
A few examples from the 1878 Stölzle catalogue look vaguely similar, but none has a foot quite as wide and massive as
this one.
However - I´m really amazed, because I´ve been able to ID another item while browsing. My stopperless carafe turned
out to be in the 1840´s Haunay Lautin catalogue....  ;D

krsilber:
Does that big ole thing really only hold a quarter liter?!  If that line really does indicate exactly 1/4 L, that would point to it being within the metric time frame.  Otherwise it's a pretty mysterious mark!  What makes you think it had a lid?

dirk.:
Hi Kristi - pleasure hearing from you!!!  :kissy:
In fact the ¼ line isn´t exact; the glass holds ~300ml, when filled up to the line, where the cut
patterns end.
Sorry for not describing this item carefully enough. The glass is up to 7mm thick at the top rim
and it´s quite a heavy beast with 730g.
What makes me think it had a lid is the fact, that there are two little kerfs at the top of the handle
- see last photo. They have a metallic graphite-like look inside and I was assuming they were meant
to fixate a tin lid.

Lustrousstone:
The litre was first officially defined in 1901, the metric system originated during the French Revolution and as this mug is probably from Continental Europe...

dirk.:
Ah, thanks for the details, Christine.  :)

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