Stein Collectors International
Featured Stein:
February 2011
Historismus Stein
by C. De Selms
![]() The magnificent stein featured this month was produced in the style of a late 16th century Raeren stoneware jug and should not be considered a fake, but rather a Historismus piece. Little has been reported about this manufacturer, Hubert Schiffer of Raeren, Belgium near Aachen, Germany and operating after 1885. (See: German Stoneware 1200-1900 by David Gaimster; Steinzeug by Konrad Strauss u. Frieder Aichele in the Battenberg series.) His mark is on the base as “S” over “H” (fig. 1). |
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Figure 1 | Figure 2 |
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The
cartouches around the body of the jug are of four members of a branch of the
Hohenzollerns: (from the left to right)
(Fig. 3) Albrecht v. Brandenburg Erzbischof u. Kurfürst v. Mainz 1490-1545 (Fig. 4 ) his brother, Joachim I Kurfürst v. Brandenburg 1484-1535 (Fig. 5) son of 2, Joachim II Kufürst v. Brandenburg 1505-1571 (Fig. 6) Albrecht Markgraf v. Brandenburg 1490-1568, (aka Albrecht of Prussia, not to be confused with the other Albrecht v. Brandenburg.) |
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Figure 3 | Figure 4 | |
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Figure 5 | Figure 6 | |
Compliments of “Erste Gruppe” of Southern California | ||