This topic contains 14 replies, has 5 voices, and was last updated by Vince Girmscheid 5 years, 4 months ago.
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Sorry about that, didn’t attach the links correctly.
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I don’t see either the stein or the handle in the beer stein library. It appears to be either a Girmscheid or a Remy. Remy steins can easily be mistaken for Girmscheids.
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Vince, it’s a wonderful stein. I agree that it appears to be a Girmscheid, but generally they show their mold number. Is there one very weakly on the bottom? I would suggest that you collect old Girmscheids rather than the new ones. You have a great one to start a gnome collection! I’ll look around more to find your stein in a catalog, and you double check the bottom carefully.
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Vince, I’d say your stein was made around 1900-1910 but some would say after 1914 when cobalt paint was replaced by green. Randy is correct that your stein is not listed in the beer stein library. I strongly encourage you to join that website, beerstein.net to learn more about Girmscheid steins and more. Of course, membership in SCI is valuable to collectors but The Beer Stein Library can be very useful daily. Send some photos of your stein once you’ve joined.
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Thanks! I’ll probably join soon, as I just found another Girmscheid stein to purchase. I’ll post better pictures when I get it in the mail, but this is the one I had just won.
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If the lid seems dirty (tobacco smoke and cooking grease are both fairly common), you can spray it in the sink with 409 and scrub the nooks and crannies with a toothbrush, that will not remove any oxidation.
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Vince, you should not polish the lids–just dust with a soft dry cloth if needed. The patina of the pewter lid is usually appreciated by stein collectors. Often the inside might be shiny while the outside shows age. Look at many of the new steins and notice the shine that generally isn’t on antique steins. I suppose if you had a silver lid (which is unusual) you might want to polish it. Another note: your new stein would be considered a lidless stein.
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Just looking back at your lid, maybe there is something that might be used to clean it up a bit. Water wouldn’t hurt it. Any other suggestion from collectors?
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In the members section of the SCI website, there is a category of manufacturers catalogs. It can be searched by model number or just paged through by manufacturer. Unfortunately we have no catalogs of steins made by Girmscheid.
With that being said, I am not convinced it was made by Girmscheid. If you are really curious, you might page through the catalog pages of Thewalt or JW Remy and see if you can find a picture of it in one of them.
I hope this helps a bit.
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