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Pottery => German - Other Pottery => Topic started by: Anne on February 10, 2009, 02:34:34 AM

Title: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Anne on February 10, 2009, 02:34:34 AM

Base is marked with four impressed marks:

Germany

80_7  <----- 3rd digit not clear enough to read

  A
W W

oO

Any thoughts on maker welcome please. :)

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: antiquerose123 on February 10, 2009, 10:29:58 AM

I don't know, but I did find this site....maybe he can help?
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-antique-beer-stein-collector-frank-loevi/

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Tigerchips on February 10, 2009, 11:11:23 AM

There was a site with a lot of German beer stein marks but it seems to have vanished.

Is that a 'C' or a 'G' under the 'A'?

'WW' might stand for Westerwald, just a guess though.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: ChimpMad on February 13, 2009, 06:01:19 PM

Hello Anne. Tigerchips is right, I have some small ale jugs by Westerwald and the mark is identical.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Anne on February 14, 2009, 12:27:51 AM

Yay! Thanks folks that's brilliant! The Collectors Weekly site is well-handy, and there is still a stein site which I found then lost again TC! <goes rummaging> Ahhh haaaaaa, got it! http://www.beerstein.net/ (how could I forget that URL?!!! :huh:)

( Rose and TC how did I miss your replies above???  :blush: Must be losing my marbles!!! )

There does seem to be a splodge of some sort under the bar of the A but it's nowhere near clear enough to see what it's meant to be.  :-\ 

ChimpMad (love the name - are you really mad on chimps?  ;D) thanks for the confirmation of the mark. Westerwald makes sense for the WW - wasn't it a place? Were there multiple ceramics makers there or just one?

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: ChimpMad on February 14, 2009, 12:52:06 AM

Hello Anne., I believe that the area is Westerwalder and Westerwald was the main factory. If I remember correctly there are a lot of smaller potteries in the area, all using different variations of the WW mark, somewhat like the Staffs factories used to.
I am fascinated by the great apes and have a real soft spot for the chimpanzees especially. I'm very keen on anthropology and the chimps are probably the nearest thing to proto-humans alive today. I've even 'adopted' one of the oldest chimps at Monkey World in Dorset, and have a collection of over 100 apes in ceramic, wood, brass and all sorts of materials, most of which are chimps.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Anne on February 14, 2009, 02:46:12 PM

So it's a real passion then! We'd love to see your chimp collection as well if you have pics please. We have a show and tell forum for sharing passions and new finds etc in, and the gallery can house pics of collections as well (you can have personal albums & share in the public ones.)

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: antiquerose123 on February 15, 2009, 03:58:34 AM

That would be nice to see another person collection... :cheerleader:

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: ChimpMad on February 15, 2009, 02:24:40 PM

Well, I'm still finding my way around this site and enjoying looking back at the old posts, some interesting subjects!
We are currently looking to downsize and move house so will probably be selling a lot off, probably through ebay, so will be doing a lot of photographing over the next few weeks. I'll post up anything that may be of interest, including a lot of pottery/studio pottery marks to the relevant galleries (once I've learnt how to do it!),and the apes will make an appearance at some stage.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Anne on February 15, 2009, 07:48:43 PM

Wonderful, thank you and if you get stuck using the gallery or any bit of the board just shout for help. (There is a simple tutorial on how to use the Gallery as well which I wrote for the Glass board, but it's handy to use here too: http://www.yobunny.co.uk/support/cpg/help.html)

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: ChimpMad on February 16, 2009, 03:20:35 PM

Glad to say I've made a start by uploading a couple of shots to the Studio Pottery marks gallery.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Tigerchips on February 16, 2009, 05:43:10 PM

Cheers. :beer:

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: ChimpMad on February 16, 2009, 06:40:20 PM

You're welcome. There's plenty more to come as and when I get the pics together.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Anne on February 17, 2009, 01:23:32 AM

Yay! Well done and thank you.  :clap:

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: csm on December 23, 2009, 12:33:45 PM

Steingutfabrik Wick Werke AG (H?hr-Grenzhausen), mark used between 1921 and 1937.

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: Anne on December 23, 2009, 02:09:19 PM

Oh thank you, that is super.  :beer:   My OH whose tankard this is, is thrilled to know finally.  :cheerleader:

Welcome to the board also, it's good to have you aboard - we have lots of unanswered questions you may be able to help with.  :x-fingers:

Title: Re: German pottery stein - by who?
Post by: antiquerose123 on January 10, 2010, 09:57:05 AM

Quote from: Anne on February 14, 2009, 12:27:51 AM

( Rose and TC how did I miss your replies above???  :blush: Must be losing my marbles!!! )

For YOU Anne:  Help ANNE Find her MARBLES - CLICK HERE ----  LOL  (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FekELn6Cqq8/R1Rlh4xaEWI/AAAAAAAABV4/7CF0dqa-wCI/s1600-R/Marbles.jpg)   ;D  >:D  Now that we got them all in one spot......

Thanks CSM also  :cheerleader: