Ernst Bohne Sohne #9136/2 Antique Character German Beer Stein Lidded Mug - Skull

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Ernst Bohne Sohne #9136/2 Antique Character German Beer Stein Lidded Mug - Skull. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail, Insured and packaged carefully. Please inspect all pictures carefully, ask questions and request more pictures if need be before bidding. The pictures are part of the description. Will ship world wide, buyer pays all shipping costs.Ernst Bohne Sohne #9136/2 Antique Character German Beer Stein Lidded Mug - Skull on Book 1920'sThis beer stein has been made in Germany around 1920s by Ernst Bohne Sohne. Bohne skull steins are the company’s most recognizable icons, perhaps best exemplified by the (Skull on Book) stein, which was particularly popular in its day among German student societies.Text: “Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus.” (Let us rejoice, while we are young.) Text is taken from the first two lines of a song in Latin entitled “De Brevitate Vita” (The Brevity of Life) that has been popular among German students since the 13th century.Ernst Bohne Sohne Founded in 1848 by Ernst Bohne, a German porcelain painter, and taken over by his three sons following his death in 1856, the firm of Ernst Bohne Söhne (Ernst Bohne Sons) is generally regarded as one of the top character porcelain stein makers of its era.https:///item.asp?ItemNum=boh-09136