Antique German Beer Stein Bruder Straubinger Hand Paint by Merkelbach/Wick c1900

  
Antique German Beer Stein Bruder Straubinger Hand Paint by Merkelbach/Wick c1900. Description: This old German stein was made in the late 1890s - early 1900. It is made of cream stoneware with enameled decoration showing a picture of a man in working clothes with hearts on the side and the inscription" "Servus, Bruder Straubinger! The picture and inscription refers to a character popular in the 1800s. The brother Straubinger (craftsman or carpenter) is a literary figure, invented at the beginning of the 19th century by the Landshut medical student Carl Theodor Müller.

At that time he was working in the Löwenapotheke in Straubing. The figure of the brother Straubinger is generally regarded as the synonym of the hardworking craftsperson who wanders carefree and happy from one city to the next to prove his skill and craftsmanship. Later on, the figure was often associated with vagabonds and vagabonds.

Bruder Straubinger (Brother Straubinger) was also a name of operetta in three acts composed by Edmund Eysler to a German-language libretto by Moritz West and Ignaz Schnitzer. It premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 20 February 1903 with Alexander Girardi in the title role.

8 tall to the top of the finial, 0.5L capacity. Get images that make Supersized seem small. The item "Antique German Beer Stein Bruder Straubinger Hand Paint by Merkelbach/Wick c1900" is in sale since Friday, December 25, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Breweriana, Beer\Drinkware, Steins\Lidded Steins\Germany". The seller is "beer-stein" and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.