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Two German Lidded Beer Steins including a Musical Example and a 1972 Gerz Commemorative Stein

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Start price: £6

Estimated price: £10 - £20

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Description

This lot consists of two 20th-century German lidded beer steins. The first is a large musical stein featuring a relief-moulded scene of a man and woman in traditional Bavarian dress dancing within an outdoor setting. The handle is textured to resemble wood grain. The underside features a circular wooden base plate housing a mechanical musical movement with a metal winding key and central pin. The second item is a commemorative lidded beer stein manufactured by Simon Peter Gerz I. The body displays a relief-moulded cityscape of Munich, identifying the twin domes of the Frauenkirche, decorated with floral edelweiss motifs and the date 1972. The base of this stein retains a triangular gold foil manufacturer label reading GERZ W. GERMANY. Both vessels are constructed from glazed ceramic with relief-moulded decoration and are fitted with pewter-tone metal lids and thumb lifts.