This cute, heavy relief stein has scenes of the legend of St. Hubertus, the patron saint
of hunters. While hunting on Good Friday, a magnificent stag
Hubertus was pursuing turned and he saw a crucifix between its antlers, and heard a voice
instructing him to mend his ways and lead a holy life.
This episode is portrayed on the center face of the stein and can be seen in the
painting below by Wilhelm Carl Räuber (1849 - 1926).
The stein was made by Reinhold Hanke ca. 1900, and is marked only "1274 4".
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