Lowenbrau from the dungeons of Königsberg

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Stamp of the Anton Schneider tin foundry

Stamp of the Anton Schneider tin foundry

Stamp of the Anton Schneider tin foundry

1 liter capacity mark in the Regensburg style

Old Mass Lowenbrau with a tragic fate.
This large old mug was ad6ded to my collection in 2021 by archaeologists who are still conducting excavations in Kaliningrad, formerly known as Königsberg. It was found in the basement of a building that was destroyed in April 1945 during the Red Army's advance.
The Löwenbräu brewery was founded around 1383. In 1524, Jörg Schnaitter, a brewer, was mentioned in connection with the property at Löwengrube 17. The brewery was first mentioned in the Munich tax records in 1746. The lion emblem dates back to a 17th-century fresco in a brewery depicting the biblical character Daniel in a pit with lions. Daniel was put there by the Persian king Darius for refusing to stop praying to God. The lions did not harm Daniel.
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In 1818, Georg Brei bought the brewery. Under his leadership, it began to grow. In 1826, the brewery was moved to a new location on Nymphenburger Strasse. By 1863, Löwenbräu had become the largest brewery in Munich, producing a quarter of Munich's total beer production. In 1872, the brewery was registered as Aktienbrauerei zum Löwenbräu. On June 14, 1883, the grand opening of Löwenbräukeller took place. It is still considered a cult place today. I've been there many times and had a beer.
After the 1886, these mugs were supplied by the tinware factory of Anton Schneider. Thanks to the n'sauve lion's grip of Anton Schneider and his sons, we see today on the old mugs of Lowenbrau the image of a lion not only on the tin lid, but also on the body of the mug.
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In 1832, Anton Schneider founded a tin factory in Munich. She existed in this capacity until 1914. After making a tin coffin for King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1868, Anton Schneider received the status of supplier to the royal court of Bavaria. For this reason, it was he who became the supplier of mugs for the largest Munich breweries in the following years, rather than the owners of numerous manufactories of ceramic products.
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Due to its influential position, the management of the tin casting factory founded by Anton Schneider could afford to choose suppliers of semi-finished products in the form of ceramic mugs for further equipment with a tin lid and a lifting lever. In my case, I have a product from one of the ceramic workshops in Regensburg. This is indicated by the label on the front of the mug, which indicates the capacity of the mug. It is not possible to identify the name of the ceramic manufacturer, as the product was not shipped to the end customer on their behalf. This may explain the careless execution of the number 1 as a measure of capacity. However, it suggests that the ceramic part of the mug was manufactured between 1886 and 1895.
Let me summarize. In the distant 1886-1895, a self-sufficient resident of Munich, a member of the Löwenbräukeller beer club, became the owner of a mug. As a memento, he kept the mug. Years later, his heir found himself in Königsberg, where he faced the defeat of the Soviet Red Army in April 1945.
The mug spent most of its existence in the ruins of the underground rooms of the post-war city. In 2021, the Munich old mass was found, lifted, cleaned, and handed over to a collector. Now, like all the others, this historical artifact is finally in its rightful place after a long journey.

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