Topic: Wick-Werke wine pitcher 1/4L 5036 27 identification help

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January 8, 2021 at 12:33 am #52794 Reply

Tom Cook

I have a Wick-Werke 1/4L wine pitcher with numbers 27 and 5036 stamped on the bottom.
Inscription reads TRINKT WIE EURE VATER AUS STEIN DEN WEIN.
Motif is a bearded man with a wine goblet raised in his right hand over his head and his left hand rests on the hilt of a sword.

It is grey with blue background.

How old is it?

Thanks,
Tom
January 8, 2021 at 2:03 am #52795 Reply

Ron

Tom,
Wick Werk took over Merkelbach Wick in 1922 until going out of business in 1984. If it says W. Germany, it dates 1949-1984. I doubt it is a wine pitcher as it is only 1/4 L. That is a cup.
January 8, 2021 at 1:21 pm #52796 Reply

Tom Cook

Ron,
It looks like a pitcher or creamer since it has a spout (but I know nothing about this :).
My main question would be how I can determine an age. It doesn’t have the ‘W. Germany’ on it. So that would eliminate that time period. Would there be any clue to its age from the motif?
Thanks,
Tom
- January 8, 2021 at 4:58 pm #52800 Reply
  
  Ron
  
  Tom,
  
  It only has to have the place of manufacture if it is being exported. It sounds like a tea pot. Only Villeroy & Boch Mettlach noted the date of manufacture on their goods.
January 8, 2021 at 5:21 pm #52801 Reply

Walt
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If it were a tea pot I think Tom would have used that term. I think when he says “spout” he probably refers to a pouring lip. I have been served wine in a small pouring pitcher with a separate wine glass to drink from. That certainly makes sense when the wine is priced by the glass, the 1/4 liter, and perhaps the half liter, and the glass is smaller than the amount purchased.
- January 8, 2021 at 7:06 pm #52805 Reply
  
  Ron
  
  Walt,
  
  I wouldn’t think he would refer to a 1/4 L vessel as a pitcher, but he did. A spout ih quite different than a pouring lip. This is a good example of why the poster should post photos if they want help.
- January 8, 2021 at 9:08 pm #52807 Reply
  Walt
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  Here’s a link to an etsy site offering a 1/4 L pitcher by Wick Werke. The scene is not the one described, but in google search you can find others with the goblet raised in the right hand.
  
  https://www.etsy.com/listing/601103197/pottery-stein-den-wein-water-wine?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=stein+den+wein&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&pro=1
  - This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by Walt. Reason: forgot the link
January 8, 2021 at 10:15 pm #52809 Reply

Tom Cook

Walt,
I looked at the site that you sent. Yes, that is it. Sorry for my misuse of the terminology. Pouring lip it is!
Anyway, thank you both, Ron and Walt for your great information.
Tom
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