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From: KEVIN
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MY UNCLE CAME BACK FROM GERMANY, AFTER SERVING A TOUR IN AUGSBURG, GER IN THE LATE EIGHTIES W/ SEVERAL UNIQUE STEINS. I WAS FASCINATED FROM THEN ON. I RECENTLY PICKED ONE UP IN A THRIFT STORE AND PAID $20 U.S. DOLLARS FOR. I WAS SO EXCITED, COULDNT WAIT TO GET ONLINE TO RESEARCH IT. HERE IT GOES... MY STEIN IS 18 1/2 IN. TALL. THE BASE IS 6 IN. ACROSS WITH AN 8 IN. DECORATIVE HANDLE. THE WORDS "Freut Euch Des Lebens" APPEAR 2 1/2 IN. UP FROM BASE. THE PIECE IS CERAMIC WITH CERAMIC LID. THE LID APPEARS TO HAVE A CONICAL SHAPE STARTING 1/2 FROM BASE OF LID. 5 RINGS MAKE UP THE CONE, THE TWO BOTTOM RINGS ARE WHAT APPEAR TO BE HOLLY W/ RED BERRIES. A PLAIN RING SEPERATES TWO TOP RINGS FROM THE BOTTOM AND THEY ALSO APPEAR TO BE RINGS OF HOLLY W/ BERRIES AND A POINT AT THE TOP. ON THE THUMB LEVER APPEARS TO HAVE AN ANIMAL OF SOME SORTS WITH ITS FRONT HOOVES RESTING ATOP A WOODEN KEG. OM THE STEIN ITSELF, WHICH HAS REMARKABLE COLOR, APPEAR TO BE RED DECORATIVE HEARTS (ONE UP, TWO DOWN, THREE UP AND SO FORTH; 15 HEARTS TOTAL), 2 3/8 IN. FROM TOP DRINKING EDGE, THEY START JUST UNDER TOP INSIDE OF HANDLE AND MAKE A COMPLETE RING ARROUND. NEXT IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A 1 IN. TALL RING OF GREEN IVY W/ RED BERRIES DIVIDED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE WHEAT TOPS (HORIZONTAL) W/ LONG GREEN LEAF ABOVE AND BELOW, TWO EACH. IF YOU HOLD THE STEIN BY THE HANDLE IN LEFT HAND THERE STARTS RAISED ANIMATED CHARACTERS, FIRST A MAN DANCING IN TYPICAL "DUTCH" TIME SET APPAREL. ORANGE LIEDERHOSEN, ORANGE SHORT PANTS, WHITE SHIRT W/ "DUTCH" SUPENDERS, AND ORANGE HAT... CONTINUING TO THE RIGHT FROM LEFT IS A COLUMN, DECORATIVE AT TOP AND BOTTOM WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SASH OR RIBBON ARROUND COLUMN... CONTINUING RIGHT FROM LEFT IS WOMAN IN A PURPLE DRESS W/ WHITE STRIPE ARROUND BOTTOM, PLAYING A GAME OF CARDS OVER A BARREL WHERE SHE APPEARS TO BE WINNING AGAINST A "DUTCH" FELLA WEARING GREEN LIEDERHOSEN, YELLOW SHORT PANTS W/ WHITE STRIPE, WHITE SHIRT, GREEN VEST, BROWN PIPE, AND GREEN BEANIE W/ BLACK FEATHER. BEHIND THE WINNING LADY CARD PLAYER STANDS AN ONLOOKER W/ HER HAND ON R. SHOULDER CHEERING THE LADY ON. CONTINUING RIGHT FROM LEFT IS ANOTHER COLUMN DESCRIBED THE SAME AS EARLIER. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS A LADY ON A PATCH OF GRASS CURTSYING WEARING A RED DRESS W/ WHITE APRON AND WHITE FRINGE ARROUND FOLD DOWN COLLAR W/ A RED BERET W/ BLACK POM ON TOP. THE ONLY IDENTIFYING MARKS I COULD FIND WERE ON THE BASE WHICH SAY HOLLAND, C IN A CIRCLE, AND THE WORD MOLD JUST PAST. SORRY IF I WENT INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL. I FEEL THIS PIECE IS PROBABLY COPYWRITED CONSIDERING THE "C IN A CIRCLE",BUT I DONT KNOW, DOES HOLLAND HAVE COPYWRITE'S? DOES "MOLD" MEAN IT WAS MASS PRODUCED, OR ONLY JUST A FEW? HELP ME OUT, SO I CAM BRAG ON ITS ORIGIN AND ADMIRE FOR TIMES TO COME. THANK YOU. KEVIN GREGORY, BIRMINGHAM, AL, U.S.A.