Beer mug "Skull"

Schierholz

From the collection of Paulo Vik Falcon

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Beer mug "Skull".

This antique curly mug "Skull" was made by the Schierholz manufactory in the period 1932-1939. After 1930, the Schierholz porcelain factory developed several new molds for shaped beer mugs in the "Menschen Schädel" style. Translated from German, "Human skull." By the first half of the 1930s, for more than 40 years of manufacturing shaped mugs with the image of a human skull in Germany, it was possible to observe variations in design solutions of different shapes and images. These were circles in the form of skulls of various types: with anatomically correct shapes; with stylized skulls resting on books with various inscriptions. Moreover, the inscriptions on the books were serious or humorous. For example, the serious inscription "Memento mori" (from Latin. "remember death") is a Latin expression that means a reminder of the inevitability of death and the shortness of human life. Such mugs with skulls on books were in demand among adherents of natural sciences, academic philosophical teachings or Massonian ideology.
In turn, there are skull-shaped mugs on the book with a humorous Latin inscription "Gaudeamus Igitur" (So let's have fun) they were popular with students. At the same time, there were mystical mugs with skulls on which a raven sat, or with skulls on which an ancient candle stood. There were even circles in the shape of skulls, which, if turned over, looked like a grinning devil. In general, there were plenty of forms.
Nevertheless, by the 30s of the twentieth century, the interest of Germans in beer mugs in the form of skulls had noticeably decreased. Accordingly, the range of products offered has decreased.
However, in those years there was a demand for only two mug shapes in the form of human skulls. This is the form of "Der menschliche Schädel und das Buch des Wissens" ("The human skull and the Book of Knowledge"), which has become universal for students and all adherents of science.
The second is the "Totenkopf" shape (translated from German
as "Death's Head"), which is an image of a human skull with crossed bones. In the case of a ceramic product, the crossbones take the place of the book of knowledge under the base of the skull. This symbol has been used by various military units throughout history, but it has become the most famous and scandalous because of its association with Nazi Germany.

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