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From: Walt Vogdes
Remote Name: 24.113.100.133
Date: 07/26/2007
Time: 05:28:43 PM
Can't help on the dating, but the incised numbers (form, date, capacity, etc.) on the base of Mettlach steins were pressed by hand into the body using a die. This explains why there are variations in positioning in each example, and also why there are misnumbered steins (the worker picked up the wrong die).