Antique German Beer Stein High Wheel Bicycle Bike by J. L. Knoedgen c. 1890s

Antique German Beer Stein High Wheel Bicycle Bike by J. Description: Beautiful antique German beer stein dedicated to the sport of cycling and showing a cyclist proudly standing by his old time high wheel bicycle. The side panels show Cupids riding the same high-wheel machines.

The high-wheelers or "penny-farthing" bicycles were common in 1880s, by the mid-1890s they were mostly replaced by the safety bicycles. Made of saltglazed stoneware with cobalt-blue, green an magenta glazes. The type of the decoration and pewter lids were common around 1890s.

The inscriptions read: Guten Muthes frisch voran - Frohes Herz schafft gute Bahn. Advance with an optimistic mind.

A happy heart creates a good path. KNoedgen - one of the obscure names in ceramics manufacturing in the Golden Era of beer-stein s pro duction in late 1800-s - early 1900s. 7 tall to the top of the thumblift, 0.5L capacity. Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting.

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