Villeroy & Boch in Mettlach made this #2217 1/2L barrel stein in 1895 by the marks on the base. SS Bier-Comment (beer code) of Heidelberg University, which begins with paragraph 11. Paragraphs 1 through 10 are left blank and are generally presumed to be the Biblical ten commandments. Paragraph 11 of the Heidelberg code reads: Es wird fortgesoffenï, which is often (if loosely) translated as "Keep on drinking.
"Ich Gratutire"
(I congratulate you)
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