Can anybody help me identify this German Stein

I picked up this stein at an estate sale. It was marked as a 19th century german stein. I like it but I can not identify who made it. If you can help me I would appreciate it. Thank you for your time.

 

No mark on the bottom?

 

looks to me like a 19th century looking stein , made in 1980 ...

 

I thought the 1/2L might be a dead give away to its modernity but amazed to discover that the metric system was made compulsory in Germany in 1876!

I have just discovered this site regarding dating steins. It's quite interesting.

https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/antique-german-beer-steins

 

I'd be a bit concerned about the lid which appears to have a pewter finish on the exterior and be steel on the interior.

Debora

 

I found out they did not have to put Made in Germany on Stein until a law came out in 1887.

 

The outside of the lid is just more oxidized then the inside. I believe this is common with older steins as well.

 

I believe.....that's not the case here....

 

Yea I don't know.

 

So that is the bottom you're showing? So deeply recessed, I thought it was inside of the stein. I'm not seeing much age to this. Fairly standard sort of a thing.

 

Some of the deep recesses on the bases were used for music mechanisms. Maybe they used the same mold to save money/effort.

 

Yeah, I had one of those once, but mine was Wade:

 

Mountains of Mourne? Eeeesh. How about a bit of Thin Lizzy? I used to have an Elvis trinket box that played Suspicious Minds badly.

Oh and a Swiss cottage that played Eidelweiss. Talk about stereotyping.

 

I found it... Thank you'll for all your help.

 

Worth more than I expected.

 

It was made compulsory in the Netherlands in 1816, and in France before that.

 

Of course, Germany as a nation didn't exist until 1871.

Debora