Browse Items (10 total)

  • Collection: Lawrence Family German Stein Collection

Small stein with woman dancing

A woman in a ballgown dances to the music of a seated flutist. In the background is a small bridge over a river and several Bavarian-style buildings. There are evergreen trees and mountains in the distance.

Small ceramic beer stein with pewter lid

A beer stein that includes two women and a man sit outside of a cottage with a thatched roof. The cottage has a water wheel and a barn. Item is complete and undamaged. 0.5 L

Large stein with broken handle

A man in a suit rides a bicycle, waving his hat. The handle has been broken off.

Written is:
”Mit allweil die Bahn dahin.
Leichtes Radund froher Sinn”

Translated to:
”With always the path there,
Lights wheels and a cheerful spirit.”

Large stein from Holland

A stein with a broken off lid, depicting a group of people sitting inside and talking.


Written is:
”Sreut ech des lebon”

Translated to:
”Rejoice in life”

Large German stein

Depicted is a musician playing a lute at a table where a woman pours him a drink. In the back is the inside of a building with barrels of possibly wine behind them.

Writing on the sides of the stein are not legible.

Large ceramic beer stein music box

The front depicts the Schloss Schonbrunn, a palace in Vienna. Surrounding the palace are traditional Austrian buildings and mountains. The music box portion plays The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II.

German stein with no lid

A hunter with a hat, pipe, and rifle stands in the forest. On the opposite side of the stein is a large buck.

On the underside is written: Made by Gari - 39, 1977

German stein with knight kneeling

Missing its lid. Scene based on the German legend of the opera Tannhauser; a man with a sword kneels in front of a woman, who has set down her lute to touch his face.

Contains the writing:
“Trink was klar ist, Lieb was rar ist.”

(“Drink what…

German stein with hunter and dog

A hunter holding a rifle rests next to a woman holding a chicken. Nearby is a hunting dog chasing a rabbit. The background depicts a cottage, trees, and mountains.g vessels

Blue beer stein with broken lid

The stein depicts a scene in which a hunter with a pipe in his mouth is surrounded by happy women and children.

Written is:
”Ein Trunk in Ehren wer wills verwehren.”
translated to:
”A drink in good company, who could object to that?”