Mettlach #2178/956 Beer Stein, Gnomes with a Saying

2.5 Liter Pottery Stein print under glaze signed by Heinrich Schlitt - It is a good year, the brown beer turned out well. It's honorable to eat with a fork, but with a spoon you get more, circa1896

3.25Liter Pottery Stein print under glaze with inlaid lid - well chewed is half digested. A good drop with barley and hops is the best elixir in life. A good drink makes the old young, circa 1901

Mettlach stoneware beer stein, #2178, 1896, having hinged pewter lid with hooded gnome head, over transfer-printed scenes of gnomes picnicking and pulling beer keg, along with saying in German: ''Das

A Mettlach beer stein, #1475, Gnomes planting grapes with inlaid lid, 0.5 liter. Glazed stoneware with grape cluster inlaid cover, having figural thumb rest. Incised to base. Ht: 7.5"

2.7 Liter Pottery Stein print under glaze, design attributed to Heinrich Schlitt - Good humor benefits digestion. A good drop from barley and hops, that is life's best medicine. A good drink makes old

3/10 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, designed by Heinrich Schlitt, circa 1897

1/2 Liter Pottery Stein print under glaze - Long life, Lift the glasses, merrily empty them; As long as something comes out of the barrel, we will not go home! Circa 1890

1/2 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, design attributed to Heinrich Schlitt, circa 1899

1/2 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, design attributed to Heinrich Schlitt, circa 1899

1/4 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, signed by Heinrich Schlitt, circa 1895

1/2 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, circa 1896

Mettlach 1/2 Liter Pug Beer Stein #2140/1047 showing Gnomes Smoking a Hooka Pipe and Magic Mushrooms, measures 9" tall

1/2 Liter Pottery Stein hand painted transfer, circa late1880's

3.0 Liter Pottery etched with inlaid lid - A right drink at the right time, promotes a feeling of well being, circa 1901

3.0 Liter Pottery etched pewter lid signed by Christian Warth - Never let thirst torture you, in the cellar lies much cool elixir, circa 1897

1.0 Liter Pottery etched with inlaid lid design attributed to Otto Hupp, circa 1900

1/2 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, circa 1908

1/2 Liter Pottery print under glaze with pewter lid, circa 1908

3.3 Liter Pottery in relief with inlaid lid signed by M. Hein - Every rooster crows much better when he moistens the throat, circa 1900

Mettlach #953 (2183) Gnomes Drinking PUG (print under glaze) beer stein, pewter lid with inlay and figural thumb rest, 3.2 litre, designed by Heinrich Schlitt, late 19th/early 20th c., 14"

This Mettlach 1/4 L Beer Stein depicts a gnome. This gnome has fallen over which resulted in him spilling the contents of the jug. Above this scene “Prosit!” is painted into the sky. Radishes and

DESCRIPTION: Antique signed Mettlach 1898 Villeroy & Bosch pottery beer stein decorated with transfer scenes of gnomes drinking and playing. With Mettlach hallmark on the underside. CIRCA: 1898 ORIGIN

A lot of two Mettlach beer steins, both incised to base. To include: #2184/967, Woman and the tavern, glazed stoneware, having figural thumb rest, 0.3 liter #2090, Gnomes drinking and playing, glazed

A lot of two Mettlach beer steins, both incised to base. To include: #2140/1047, Gnomes smoking, 0.5 liter. Design attributed to H. Sclitt Prosit, with figural thumb rest, 0.25 liter Ht: 8.5" (largest