An old Bavarian souvenir beer mug with a volume of 0.3 liters. The ceramic blank for it was made by the Merkelbach factory & Wick was commissioned by a well-known distribution company in Munich, which was founded in 1873 by Jacob Reinemann. As part of this collaboration, molds with internal volumes of 1.0 L, 0.5 L, 0.3 L, 0.25 L, 0.125 L, 0.0625 L, and 0.05 L were produced. As expected, there are some differences in the color scheme of the mugs within this range. The 0.3 L mugs have brighter colors. These mugs were known as "lady's mugs." In our case, a 0.3-liter bottle is presented.
Mugs in the shape of a Munich boy are made as a souvenir for guests of Munich as part of fairs, exhibitions, singing festivals, as well as for visitors to local breweries. A boy in a monk's robe with a beer mug in his hands and a radish as a traditional monk's beer snack is considered a symbol of Munich. He is called the "Munich Boy." Although in the original version, the boy in the monk's robe holds a bible, not a mug of beer.
On our beer mug, which is in the hands of the boy, the letters HB are visible. This is an abbreviation for the popular royal brewery and the Hofbräuhaus beer house of the same name in those years. This means that this souvenir was made for sale to visitors of the Hofbräuhaus.
Jacob Reimann founded his company in 1873, but only seven years later, in 1880, he sold it to Otto Lowenstein, a Munich-based merchant. [link] Reimann established a distribution company to sell mugs as souvenirs. Reimann died in 1881, but Lowenstein continued to order and sell mugs with Reimann's name on the mug's label for many years.
You can watch a video about this mug at the following link:
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| type | Munich Child stein | material | stoneware |
| producer |
Merkelbach & Wick producer info | mold | 209 |
| designer/decorator | other | ||
| capacity | 0,3 | ||
| design date | 1990-1905 | ||
| height | 15.0 cm (appx. 5.9 inches.) |
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