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From: cbeekman@aol.com
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Then I am in a more interesting quandary than I thought. I will shoot some photos to help the discussion, but what I have is the following: A 5" high(12.6cm) .5 liter grey salt-glazed wheelmade stoneware stein, cylindrical except at the top where it pinches in slightly beginning 1" below the rim. It says 1/2 L below the rim, with a short horizontal line just below that. The handle attaches high, to my understanding a generally pre-1830 feature, and the bottom of the handle is smoothed into the body without dimple or other ornament. It is otherwise undecorated. The pewter lid is flat, finely engraved "L. Schulmair", with small oak leaves around the edge of the flat rim. It has a minimal strap support, a closed 5 ring hinge, and an acorn thumblift over the lid, not the handle. The last two features I understand to be pre-1870 or so. The pewter lid is corroded on the under side but clean on the exterior. A little bit of corrosion next to thumblift indicates that the exterior has been cleaned. There are no maker's marks - the most promising would seem to be the acorn thumblift (which has a tiny notch symmetrically placed on opposite sides of the acorn) and the oak leaves. But no luck with those so far.