Stein, salt-glazed stoneware with pewter lid; cobalt and gray; pictographs: center- 7 men gathered around table with steins, lute, lower right - "1588", left of handle- bearded elder man in 16th century clothes holding shield with relief inscription: left "Das beste Maass ist mittel strass" (the best limit is the middle way), right "Halt Maass u. Ziel Trint'nie zuviel" (keep a limit and goal of not drinking too much), right of handle-identical man with shield with different inscription; curved handle; for commerical trade with English-speaking countries. Stamped on bottom: "Germany, 375". Possible etched "M" and "YY" on bottom. height: 15.5 cm, diameter at base: 9.7 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Germany
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Clay, Pewter (tin alloy), and Pewter (tin alloy) (stoneware ceramic, mold formed. salt-glazed; cobalt and gray; relief decoration. pewter lid.)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stoneware (pottery)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
height 15.5 centimeters and diameter at base— diameter 9.7 centimeters