Early Beer Stein Ernst Moritz Arndt c.1860 Mettlach? Description: This beer stein is made brown saltglazed stoneware quite unusual for the period. I would not be surpirsed to learn that this is early Mettlach production but I could not find any reference to it. The stein was made in 1860s - the period of several Mettlach relief steins that were unmarked. The mold number is 28. I have seen a very similar stein made of "Parian" - that one was most likely made by Villeroy and Boch during the same period. The stein is dedicated to Ernst Moritz Arndt, 1769-1860, German poet and historian. An ardent nationalist and opponent of Napoleon I, he was forced to flee to Sweden and Russia because of his patriotic and martial verse and his book, Geist der Zeit [spirit of the times] (4 vol., 1806-18), which influenced German feelings against the French. He was (1818-20) a professor of history at the Univ. of Bonn but was dismissed because of his liberal ideas and participation in the Burschenschaften, the nationalist students' movement; he was not reinstated until 1840. In 1848, Arndt was elected to the Frankfurt Parliament, the all-German national assembly that attempted to bring about German unification. The inscription underneath the portrait reads: "Was is des Deutschland Vaterland?" - "What is the German Fatherland?" and refers to a line in one of Arndt's poems that became an unofficial anthem of unified Germany. The stein is in excellent condition - there is no damage or repairs. The stein is 6" tall, 0.5L capacity.   Condition: Excellent Year: 1860s Country: Germany Height: 6 in. (15.24 cm) Title: Early Beer Stein Ernst Moritz Arndt c.1860 Mettlach? Materials: Stoneware

Image hosting services provided by GoAntiques

Member of GoAntiques Your source for antiques, art and collectibles

---

On Jan-19-09 at 04:23:33 PST, seller added the following information:

---

On Mar-08-09 at 14:17:02 PDT, seller added the following information:

Use the FREE Counters 1 million sellers do - Vendio!