Vaihingen auf den Fildern. Württemberg. (now Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Baden-Württemberg)
Zinngießerei / Pewterer
Known dates: 1896 - 1905
Purchased stein bodies from:
Sachsenglas
Reference:
![M. Schiekofer 19-9-14-3](pages/data/201909141030schiecover 1.jpg)
Schwabenbräu Brewery stein
![M. Schiekofer 19-9-14-2](pages/data/201909141029Schiecover 2.jpg)
Cast lid on the Schwabenbräu Brewery stein
![M. Schiekofer 19-9-14-1](pages/data/201909141029Schiecover 3.jpg)
Pewterer's touch mark on the underside of the above lid
![M.Schiekofer 2](pages/data/201202281556Schiekover lid_edited-1.jpg)
Pewterer's touchmark on underside of featured lid.
![M.Schiekofer 1](pages/data/200901021026M.Schiekofer_edited-1.jpg)
Cast pewterer's mark.
![M.Schiekofer 3](pages/data/201202281618schiekofer stein_edited-1.jpg)
M. Schiekofer lid on 6/20L Sachsenglas stein, dated 1897 onward.
![M.Schiekofer 4](pages/data/201202281619Schiekofer lid_edited-1.jpg)
Pewter lid on featured stein, advertising the Schwabenbräu Brewery, which was founded in 1878 by Robert Light in Stuttgart. The Gernerbräu brewery of Munich, commissioned a lid (below) in similar style, with a drinker holding a mug with GB on it and with a couple of musicians in the background.