FRED SEHRING BREWING CO. COMMEMMORATIVE STEIN-1868-1903

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OFFERED FOR SALE IN THIS AUCTION IS A RARE COMMEMMORATIVE FRED SEHRING BREWING COMPANY PRE-PROHIBITION BEER STEIN, THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY FRED'S SON LOUIS, IN THE EARLY 1900'S. IT WAS MADE BY THUEMLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN PITTSBURGH, PA. THIS STEIN HAS A BLUISH-GREY COLOR GLAZE OVER A WHITE BACKGROUND. THE TRANSFER PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO A PLUM COLOR. IT APPEARS THAT THE DATES AND THE LETTERING BELOW THE TRANSFER PATTERN WERE ADDED AFTER THE TRANSFER WEAR DESIGN WAS DONE, AND THEN A CLEAR GLAZE WAS FIRED OVER IT AFTER THAT, WHICH IS WHY IT IS SO WELL PRESERVED. T IS OVERALL CRAZING, BUT IT IS ALL INTACT. ALSO A VERY MINUTE PINSIZE GLAZE "POP" IS ON ONE SIDE, BUT IT IS HARDLY NOTICEABLE. ABOUT HALF OF THE GOLD GILTING HAS WORN OFF OF THE HANDLE. A SMALL SPOT OF GREY COLOR IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE STEIN. ALL OF THIS IS MINOR, AND DOES NOT AFFECT THE PIECE WHATSOEVER. I ONLY MENTION IT FOR ACCURACY PURPOSES. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OBSERVED. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED, I DISCOVERED, AND HAVE INCLUDED BELOW, INFORMATION AND HISTORY OF BOTH COMPANIES. I HAVE TO ADMIT, THAT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PARTICULAR BREWING COMPANY, SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO RESEARCH IT AND DISCOVER WHAT I HAVE INCLUDED. IT IS 5.0" IN HEIGHT AND ALMOST 3.5' WIDE AT THE BOTTOM. THE TOP IS ABOUT 3.0 " IN WIDTH. FROM MY RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION; FREDERICK SEHRING WAS BORN IN HESSE, DARMSTADT IN 1834 AND CAME TO THE U.S. WHEN HE WAS 13, AND HAD SETTLED WITH HIS FAMILY IN JOLIET, IL. HE HAD STARTED A CAREER IN THE HOTEL BUSINESS, BUT LATER BECAME COUNTY TREASURER. IN 1867 HE PURCHASED AN ITEREST IN THE COLUMBIA BREWING COMPANY IN JOLIET. IN 1883, HE BECAME THE OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BREWERY AND CHANGED THE NAME TO THE "FRED SEHRING BREWING COMPANY". DURING HIS LEADERSHIP, THE BREWERY BECAME ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST MODERN IN ILLINOIS. FREDERICK DIED IN 1892, AND PASSED THE BUSINESS ON TO HIS SON LOUIS, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING AS A SUPERINTENDANT AT THE BREWERY. AFTER THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, LOUIS COMMISSIONED THE THUEMLER MFG. COMPANY TO PRODUCE A NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR THE BREWERY, INCLUDING SEVERAL STEINS OF DIFFERENT DESIGNS. THE FIRST STEINS PRODUCED IN 1901 HAD ANNUAL CALANDARS ON THEM. ANOTHER DESIGN WAS A VICTORIAN BEAUTY, AND A THIRD WAS A STRIKING FLOW BLUE DESIGN. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO'S THIS IS A TRANFERWARE PIECE THAT DEPICTS THE IMAGE OF THE BREWERY. IT HAS THEIR LOGO ABOVE THE BREWERY, WHICH HAS THE DATE 1868 ON ONE SIDE, AND THE DATE 1903 (WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE DATE IT WAS PRODUCED) ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. THE BREWERY OPERATED UNTIL 1920, AND THEN CLOSED, DUE TO THE NATIONAL PROHIBITION ACT. IN 1933, WHEN THE PROHIBITION ACT WAS REPEALED, A LICENSE WAS OBTAINED TO RE-OPEN THE BREWERY UNDER THE NAME OF THE "ACME BREWING COMPANY." FROM 1933 TO 1939, IT OPERATED UNDER THIS NAME, AND WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE "HILLSIDE BREWING COMPANY" AND THE PIONEER BREWING CO. IT PERMANENTLY CLOSED ITS'S DOORS IN 1939. THE "515 SUMMIT" BUILDING (THE FORMER SEHRING MALTHOUSE" IS STILL STANDING TODAY, AND NOW HOUSES AN AUTO BODY COMPANY. 555 SUMMIT WAS AN AUXILIARY BUILDING, AND WAS TORN DOWN IN 2003, AND IS NOW A VACANT LOT. THE SEHRING BREWHOUSE WAS LOCATED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF SUMMIT AND WAS TORN DOWN IN THE 1960'S. A NEWER BUILDING OF THE JOLIET CATHILIC DIOCESE NOW STANDS IN IT'S PLACE.THE THUEMLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY FIRST BEGAN OPERATION IN ROCHESTER, PA. AROUND 1898. THE COMPANY DESCRIBED ITSELF AS A "MANUFACTURER OF NOVELTIES, AND DECORATORS OF CHINA AND GLASSWARE. HUGO THUEMLER LATER MOVED PART OF HIS OPERATION TO PITTSBURGH, PA, AND BEGAN USING THAT LOCATION IN HIS STAMPED MARK. THUEMLER DIED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1908, AND REFERENCES TO HIS COMPANY DISAPPEAR FROM PITTSBURGH DIRECTORIES THAT SAME YEAR. SO HE WAS IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. A LARGE PART OF HIS BUSINESS CAME FROM MANY BREWERS AROUND THE WORLD. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE ASK BEFORE YOU BID. I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING, AND HOPEFULLY BIDDING IN THIS AU... read more

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