GERMAN STEINS

German Steins | Lots 1074 – 1110

Tuesday 17 July 2012

Dr. AnD MrS. JoSEPh L. hrDinA

Dr. Joseph and Eleanor Hrdina began their collection of beer steins during a tour of Europe in 1955. As avid travelers, they collected pottery steins and mugs on numerous trips throughout Europe. Dr. Joe, as he was called by many of his patients, was a physician with a private practice on Austin Boulevard in Cicero, Illinois. His wife, Eleanor, owned and operated The Linen Shop on Cermak Road during the 1930s until it was sold in 1949. Later, she served as the first President of the Hinsdale Hospital Auxiliary.

The collection of nearly one hundred steins, acquired over several decades, comprises regimental and other examples from Villeroy & Boch, Merkelbach & Wick, Simon Peter Gerz I and Diesinger. Many are inscribed with popular lyrics or humorous prose.

Dr. and Mrs. Hrdina displayed their collection in their Riverside, Illinois home. The Hrdinas retired to Vero Beach, Florida in 1969. We are pleased to offer this collection, which has been carefully packed away and stored since Dr. Hrdina’s passing in 1977.

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1074* A German Porcelain Stein, Mettlach, 1/2 liter, depicting figures riding in a horse drawn carriage in a landscape, marked Mettlach to base in painted underglaze, together with a 1/4 liter pottery example depicting a cityscape in relief, impressed West Germany to base, each having a pewter mounted lid and foliate form thumb press. Height of first 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $100-200

1075* Three German Pottery Steins, each 1/2 liter, one depicting a man and woman dancing in an interior, the other having figures drinking in a tavern, another a couple in a landscape, each having a pewter mounted lid and scrolling thumb press. Height of tallest 8 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1076* Three German Pottery Steins, each 1/2 liter, depicting figures drinking in relief, two with the lyrics to The Little Brown Jug, each having a pewter mounted lid and foliate form thumb press. Height of tallest 8 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400 1077* A German Pottery Stein, Albert Jacob Stewalt, 1 liter, depicting a man and woman tending to puppies in relief on a dark blue reserve, having a pewter mounted lid and foliate form thumb press, with impressed mark to base, together with a 1/2 liter mug with relief decoration, the interior modeled with a stoneware frog and a 1/4 liter stein decorated with a cityscape in relief on a dark blue reserve, with a faint Marzi & Remy impressed mark to base, having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of first 11 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1078* Two German Pottery Steins, Merkelbach & Wick, each 1/2 liter, depicting soldiers in various settings in painted underglaze, having a pewter mounted lid with impressed mark to base. Height of taller 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1079* A German Pottery Stein, Reinhold Hanke, 1 liter, depicting figures drinking and frolicking in relief, with impressed mark R.H. Germany to underside, together with another example depicting a couple in relief, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of first 10 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400 1080* Two German Pottery Steins, the first 1 liter, depicting two gentlemen drinking in relief, the other 1/2 liter depicting a couple in a landscape in relief, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of taller 10 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1081* Two German Pottery Steins, the first 1 liter, depicting a profile of Paul Revere, the opposing side having a scene of the midnight ride, with a pewter mounted lid and thumb press, the other 1/2 liter depicting a profile of A.V. Humboldt, having a pottery and pewter mounted lid and thumb press, together with a 1/2 liter mug depicting a tavern scene in relief, and a 1/2 liter pewter stein bearing a coat of arms having a pewter mounted lid and a lion form thumb press. Height of tallest 10 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1082* Two German Pottery Steins, each 1/2 liter, depicting figures drinking in relief, having a pewter mounted lid and scrolling foliate thumb press, each impressed Germany to base. Height of taller 10 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

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1083* Three German Pottery Steins, each 1/2 liter, one depicting figures dancing, the other a portrait of a man set in an oval cartouche, another a gnome winding a clock in relief, each having a pewter mounted lid with a scrolling foliate thumb press. Height of tallest 8 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1084* A German Pottery Stein, Simon Peter Gerz I, 1/3 liter, having etched musicians with Art Nouveau style borders, with impressed mark to base, together with a 1/2 liter example depicting soldiers cavorting in high relief on a dark green reserve, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of taller 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $100-200

1085* Two German Pottery Steins, each 2 liter, the first modeled with portrait medallions of Julius Caesar, Charles the Great and Alexander in relief, the other with a portrait of a lady and a gentleman surrounded by putti, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of taller 14 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500 1086* Two German Pottery Steins, each 2 liter, depicting scenes of figures drinking in relief, having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of taller 18 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1087* A German Pottery Stein, Marzi & Remy, 2 liter, depicting figures drinking in relief on a navy blue reserve, with impressed mark to base, together with another example decorated with figures in relief, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of taller 16 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1088* A German Pottery Stein, Simon Peter Gerz I, 1 liter, depicting a scene of cavorting men in a landscape, with a painted underglaze mark to base, together with another 1 liter example depicting a bar maid serving drinks to gentlemen, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of taller 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400 1089* Two German Porcelain Steins, Diesinger, each 1 liter, depicting courting couples in relief together with a 1/2 liter etched example depicting a woman with a hat, impressed with Simon Peter Gerz I mark to base, and another 1 liter examples depicting hunters in a landscape, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press. Height of tallest 12 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1090* Three German Pottery Steins, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, comprising model 2130, circa 1895, 1 liter, depicting King Gambrinus in relief on a blue reserve, having a pewter and pottery mounted lid and a foliate thumb press; model 2237, circa 1896, depicting courting couples in relief on a pale blue reserve, having a dragon form handle; and model 2211, circa 1906, 3/10 liter, depicting men drinking and smoking, having a pewter and pottery mounted lid, each with impressed and painted underglaze mark to base. Height of tallest 9 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

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1093 1091* Three German Regimental Steins, two made of porcelain, one of pottery, each depicting scenes with soldiers and horses, with rosters dating 1899-1901 and 1907-1910, each having a pewter mounted lid and eagle form thumb press. Height of tallest 12 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1092* Four German Regimental Pottery Steins, each 1/2 liter, depicting scenes of soldiers in various settings, each having a pewter mounted lid cast with various finials. Height of tallest 11 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1093* Four German Regimental Pottery Steins, Merkelbach & Wick, each 1/2 liter, three depicting soldiers in painted underglaze, one modeled in relief, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press with impressed mark to base. Height of tallest 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1094* Two German Regimental Porcelain Steins, each 1/2 liter, depicting soldiers hunting and camping in painted underglaze on a white reserve, having pewter mounted lid and thumb press, unmarked. Height of taller 11 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1095* Four German Regimental Porcelain Steins, each 1/2 liter, depicting soldiers in various settings in painted underglaze on a white reserve, each having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press, unmarked. Height of tallest 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1096* Four German Regimental Porcelain Steins, each 1/2 liter, depicting images of soldiers in battle in painted underglaze on a white reserve, three having a pewter mounted lid and thumb press, one with a prism mounted lid, unmarked. Height of tallest 13 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1097* A Collection of Five German Regimental Pottery Steins, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, circa 1894-95, model 2140, PUG number 758, 1/2 liter, each decorated with various painted underglaze scenes, having a pewter mounted lid with an eagle form thumb press, each with impressed mark to base. Height 8 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $1,000-2,000

1098* Three German Pottery Music Box Steins, each 1/2 liter, one Mettlach, model 2833A, having an etched scene of a gentleman in a landscape and a pewter and pottery mounted lid; one modeled in relief depicting a tavern scene with Art Nouveau style borders; and one depicting a courting couple in relief on a brown reserve, each having a pewter mounted lid and a music box adaptation to base, together with a porcelain character stein in the form of a man wearing a pickelhaube. Height of tallest 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $400-600

1099* A German Pottery Stein, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, circa 1899, model 2402, 1/2 liter, decorated with a scene depicting the courting of Siegfried, having a pewter and pottery mounted lid, with impressed mark to base. Height 9 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1100* A German Pottery Stein, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, circa 1909, model 2176, PUG number 1055, 2 liter, decorated with drunken cavaliers in a cellar with monkeys, having a pewter mounted lid, with impressed mark to base. Height 16 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $300-500

1101* A Pair of German Pottery Steins, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, circa 1893-94, model 1786, comprising a 1/2 liter and 1 liter, each depicting St. Florian and his second dousing of the flames, having a pewter mounted lid and a dragon form handle, each with impressed mark to base. Height of taller 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $500-700 1102* Two German Pottery Steins, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, the first 1896, model 2009, 1/2 liter, with an etched depiction of Werner and Margrete embracing, having a pewter mounted lid and a C-scroll and putto mask thumb press, the other circa 1898, model 2382, 1 liter, with etched knights drinking, having a pottery and pewter mounted lid and a dragon form thumb press, each with impressed mark to base. Height of taller 11 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1103* A German Pottery Stein, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, 1901, model 2092, 1/2 liter, depicting a gnome winding a clock, having a pottery and pewter mounted lid and a figural thumb press, signed H. Schlitt, with impressed mark to base. Height 7 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $400-600

1104* Two German Pottery Steins, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, circa 1903, 1/2 liter, model 1526, one depicting dancing and drinking figures, the other a courting couple in painted underglaze, each having a pewter mounted lid, together with a Villeroy & Boch tumbler depicting a fiddler in a landscape, each having painted underglaze mark to base. Height of tallest 6 3/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $200-400

1105* A German Pottery Stein, Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, circa 1905, model 2893, 2 liter, decorated with a courting couple before a sea landscape, having a pewter mounted lid, with mark to base in painted underglaze. Height 15 1/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $100-200 1106* A German Pottery Stein, Matthias Girmschied, model 1691, 2 liter, decorated with various hunting scenes in cartouches, having a pewter mounted lid, with impressed mark to base. Height 16 inches. Property from the Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Hrdina, Riverside, Illinois $150-250

1107* A Continental Glazed Stoneware Ewer, of bulbous form having an applied intertwined handle and applied floral decoration. Height 15 1/4 inches. Property from the Estate of William P. Tarzwell, Elgin, Illinois $100-200

1108* A German Salt Glaze Vessel, of tapering form, impressed 174. Height 22 inches. Property from the Estate of Helen and Joseph L. Breger, Highland Park, Illinois $400-600

1109* A German Ceramic Pewter Mounted Master Stein, decorated with the four seasons, impressed 541. Height 12 inches. Property from the Estate of Helen and Joseph L. Breger, Highland Park, Illinois $400-600

1110* A Collection of Four Salt Glaze Pewter Mounted Steins, of varying sizes and decoration. Height of tallest overall 7 5/8 inches. Property from the Estate of Helen and Joseph L. Breger, Highland Park, Illinois $300-500