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From: John
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To cofuse matters even more, there were more than a dozen "Eulereis" turning out steins. An Eulerei is a famly owned and operated work shop that probably shared a kiln with one or two other Eulereis. The steins they produced had capacity marks but most never used a factory mark, so identification is impossible. David and I have a number of unknown marks that probably were used by these Eulerei. Now on top of that, nearly all of the major factories made steins for finishing shop/distributers. The steins have the capacity marks of the maufacturer, but the logo of the distributer. Many of the catalogs that come down to us over the years are incomplete, because a factory issued several over the years, because products and inventory changed. I have several A.J.Thewalt steins who's model numbers are not in any of the catalogs I've seen, and a couple where the model number is present, but the description doesn't match the stein. I have theree different steins from one factory with the same model number and exactly the same stein with different model numbers and the list could go on and on. There is NOTHING in stein collecting that is cut and dried, or set in concrete. Anyone who thinks there is, is only fooling themselves. That is what is so facinating about steins, there is much to learn and new twists present themselves on a regular basis. Keep an open mind and you will enjoy the hobby even more.