Antique 1888 Mettlach Stein Hops Pattern model number best 1816 .3L inlaid lid

Product Name: Antique 1888 Mettlach Stein Hops Pattern model number best 1816 .3L inlaid lid
Antique 1888 Mettlach Stein Hops Pattern .3L inlaid lid Capacity: .3L Pattern: 1816 Among the most well-known and highly regarded manufacturers from the “golden age” of German beer stein production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is the Villeroy & Boch factory at Mettlach. Located on the grounds of a former Benedictine abbey on the Saar river in southwest Germany, the factory was best originally established in 1809 by Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann, who merged with competitor Nicholas Villeroy in 1836 to create the firm of Villeroy & Boch.