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Monumental Mettlach stein, 4.1 litre size, model 2085 “Peasant Dance” (Bauerntanz) made by Villeroy & Boch, dated 1893.  The stoneware stein features peasant couples drinking and dancing in a tavern setting, depicted by cream coloured slip figures on a vibrant blue background, with ochre coloured ornamental scrollwork on the neck and pedestal foot.  The neck also feature repeating shields of grapes (wine) steins (beer) hearts with arrows (love/romance) and lyres (music).  Music, drink and love!

The pewter lid and thumb grip is also highly ornamented.  

15 1/2” (39.4cm) high at the thumb grip, 7” (17.8cm) diameter.

* Francois Boch and his three sons established their first pottery in 1748 in Audun-le-Tiche, Lorraine, France and in 1836 merged with Nicholas Villeroy in Mettlach, Germany (just across the border).  The stein is incised with the Benedictine abbey mark, the location of the main factory since 1809.