Hauber & Reuther Freising, Bavaria. Hersteller & Künstmalerei / Manufacturers & Artist-decorators. Founded by Adam Schön & Max Borho in 1876.Max Bohro sold out to Albert Hauber in late 1876. Then in 1878, Schön also sold out to Hauber. Finally in 1882, the company became Hauber & Reuther when Hans Reuther became a partner. In 1886, Hauber & Reuther lost its supply of Westerwald stoneware clay, so they manufactured in porcelain instead. They also bought in manufactured stoneware steins from Simon Peter Gerz 1, Merkelbach & Wick & Albert Jacob Thewalt for in-house decoration.
The factory finally closed in 1907. Reference: John McGregor BreindlMySteinCollectionIrmgard & Walter Endres, page 375
Hauber & Reuther #61. Right hand side.
Monk. Body as per ECS350.
Type 4 impressed mark.The logo was applied at the factory, during production at Gerz in the latter part of 1886.
40% of H&R steins had their lids punched with the above, or similar logo.
Type 1a incised mark. This mark was used on all
Freising manufactured steins between 1882 & 1886.
Type 1c/2, hand painted over lightly inscribed mark, used on all porcelain steins manufactured in Freising 1886 onward.
Type 3 impressed mark.The logo was applied at the factory, during production at Merkelbach & Wick from latter part of 1886 to 1897.
Type 3 impressed mark.The logo was applied at the factory, during production at Merkelbach & Wick from latter part of 1886 to 1897.
Hauber & Reuther #61. basemark on above stein.
Type 1a incised mark. This mark was used on all Freising manufactured steins between 1882 & 1886.
Type 3 impressed mark.The logo was applied at the factory, during production at Merkelbach & Wick from latter part of 1886 to 1897. The ink mark shows that it was "touched up" possibly with highlights afterwards. The ink mark is incorrect. It shows a type 1c/2, it should be a type 5. The "196a" is a decor number, which in this case becomes the model number.
Type 1a incised mark. This mark was used on all
Freising manufactured steins between 1882 & 1886.
The "inverted T" is a quality control mark.
Type 1a incised mark. This mark was used on all
Freising manufactured steins between 1882 & 1886.
The "hurricane" is a quality control mark.
Hauber & Reuther #61. Left hand side.
Monk. Body as per ECS350.
Hauber & Reuther #154, dated 1882- 1886.
The A.J.Thewalt factory sold undecorated, or partially decorated steins to HR who then completed them and marked them with a type 5 mark and later the type 6 rubber stamp marks (below), These steins also carried the Thewalt factory mark. All Thewalt activity was post 1897. The rubber stamps are also found on HR produced porcelain steins. It is believed the rubber stamp was used after HR was no longer producing steins and were working off their inventory.Here we see A.J.Thewalt 3Ltr. #92, subsequently decorated by HR and type 6 stamp added.
Here we see A.J.Thewalt 0.5Ltr. #200, subsequently decorated by HR, given the decoration number 35 and type 5 signature added.
A normal decorated porcelain stein showing Type 1c plus Type 5 marks
