Small diameter closed 5 ring hinge and heavy decorative lid.
Capacity mark on inside of stein (Ditmar identifier).
Ditmar applied an opaque tin glaze over the entire body of their steins.
Print over glaze floral design.
Lightly impressed Ditmar mark (R.D.Z.) on the base. The mark was in use c.1880-1910.
Karl Rudolf and Friedrich Ditmar formed the Brothers Ditmar firm, a metalwork facility manufacturing oil lamps. Friedrich passed away sometime prior to 1850, Rudolf continued on his own. In 1879 or 1890 (depending on the resource), Rudolf opened a pottery factory in Znaim to manufacture earthenware oil lamp bodies. Znaim was located in Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire, approximately 40 miles north of Vienna. The town is now called Znojmo and is located in the South Moravia Region of the Czech Republic. Around 1890, the Rudolf Ditmar firm began producing steins (majolica) with an opaque tin glaze covering the entire body. Ditmar steins were known for their wonderful coloring and unique handles, and came in both colored glaze relief and print over glaze. Rudolf Ditmar died in 1895 and the company continued as Rudolf Ditmar Erben (Heirs). The Ditmar firm(s) produced steins from c.1890 to 1907 (or 1910 depending on the resource). In 1910, the firm was purchased and merged with the Brothers Urbach.
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