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From: Ron
Remote Name: 68.231.50.154
Date: 01/12/2009
Time: 02:29:33 PM
Tom, I received an answer from Albert Thewalt with regard to question in December 2008. As I surmised, the size discrepancy was due to shrinkage from making the new mold from the old mold. The original mold was made in Frenchen, near Cologne, in the 19th century. I guess this would account for not using the Original Thewalt mark. The design represents Emtedank or Thanksgiving. The number on the bottom means it is 146 out of 5,000 steins made in the reproduction run. Albert wasn't sure about the "J" following the 1L, but speculated that the original manufacturer used "j" instead of "i" in shortening the word Liter. The lid is a common post-WWII lid, and if it was chemically aged, it was not done by Thewalt. Ron