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Message:: [QUOTE="bosko69, post: 10206049, member: 16283"]Thanks Roaring. This method of throwing a German Stoneware stein (my piece) is known as  Westerwald Steinzeug: 1600-1914*Here's what this site (link below)says about it,there are 3 methods in total.This section focuses on Method 2-"The second method, and the oldest, is to form the stein on a potter’s wheel. The clay is mixed to a thicker, more plastic consistency until a “hump” can be formed. The hump is then placed in the middle of the wheel and a depression that will form the inside of the stein is made in the hump and the sides are drawn up. When the body is complete, it is removed from the wheel by pulling a wire under it. Sometimes a thin knife is used. The wheel is still turning when the stein is separated from the wheel, and drag marks that form a whorl pattern on the bottom are the result. Often these are smoothed away, but sometimes they are left as is. Link-<a href="https://www.beerstein.net/articles/s9606b.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.beerstein.net/articles/s9606b.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.beerstein.net/articles/s9606b.htm</a>[/QUOTE]