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~ Past Issues Of Prosit ~
Cumulative Index 1997 to Date

March 1997 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
A "Serial" Regimental Stein
by Ron Heiligenstein

Also in this issue:
  • Stein Reflections - Ed Culbreth
  • Grafenwöhr Remembered
  • To Be (Genuine), or Not To Be (Genuine), That Is The Question -
    John McGregor
  • A Crocodile in Lederhosen -
    S. Brainard
  • Gerz GmbH - Regimentals Too! -
    Don Birschel
  • Alt Heidelberg Du Feine - S. Brainard
  • There Ain't No Alligators in Germany -
    Les Hopper
  • A Royal Moment - Leonce Miller
  • The '97 Convention is Coming
  • Hand Painted Steins - Marty Cameli
  • New All-Time Mettlach Price
  • Three Hundred Candles - John M. Gaustad
  • Albrecht Dürer of the German Renaissance: His Artistry Immortalized on a High-Relief Pewter Stein - John Aschenbrenner
  • Contemporary Stein Collectors #3 - Reinventing Brewery Steins - Frank Loevi

June 1997 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Skedattle to Seattle for the Great Stein Rush of '97
by the 1997 Convention Host Chapter

Also in this issue:
  • The Littlest Alligators - Les Hopper
  • English Bellarmine Jugs - Martin Kiely
  • Sherlock Holmes Steins -
    S. J. Brainard
  • A Navy Regimental Stein Named to the Kaiser's Yacht - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Bud Man Reunion - Leonce Miller
  • Contemporary Stein Collectors #4 -
    The Unheralded KING - Frank Loevi
  • Girmscheid's Sutler - Les Hopper
  • The Mysterious and Elusive Paragraph 11, And What Now? A Paragraph 12? Help! - John Aschenbrenner
  • Watchers on the Rhine -
    John McGregor
  • In Pursuit of Munich Maid Character Steins - Louis Foster

September 1997 Prosit

28 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
An In-depth Look at the Firm of Johann Maresch
by Pat Manusov

Also in this issue:
  • Origin of the Term "Siderolith" -
    Pat Manusov
  • Utzschneider of Sarreguemines -
    John M. Gaustad
  • Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Tavern -
    Martin Kiely
  • Every Stein in its Place -
    Schussenrieder Bierkrugmuseum -
    Walt Vogdes
  • How I Started Collecting Steins -
    Marty Cameli
  • Stein Night at our Local German Lodge - Dick Platt
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...
    Who Is This Guy and What Happened on April 11, 1889? - Walt Vogdes
  • U.S. Military Steins - Louis Foster
  • The Moon Man Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • Contemporary Stein Collector #5 - The New Economics of Beer Stein Manufacturing - Frank Loevi

December 1997 Prosit

36 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Inflation and Notgeld and How They Relate to Stein Collecting
by John McGregor

Also in this issue:
  • A Potpourri of Silver Basics -
    Bo Boresch
  • Orivit and Mettlach? An Unusual Beer Pitcher - Walt Vogdes
  • Another New Mettlach Record Price - Steve Elliott
  • Who, What, Where, When, How...?
    Requesting Your Stein Puzzlers -
    Walt Vogdes
  • 1997 SCI Convention: Lost a Stein, Found a Friend - Peter Zirpke
  • General Tilly and His Diesinger Steins -
    Les Hopper
  • A Regimental Stein Associated with the Red Baron? - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Marzi & Remy Redux -
    John M. Gaustad
  • Contemporary Stein Collector #6 - Frank Loevi
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    Who Is This Guy and What Happened on April 11, 1889?
    The Whole Picture - Walt Vogdes
  • Cats Off Broadway - Leonce Miller
  • Heinrich Schlitt and Diesinger - Les Hopper

March 1998 Prosit

28 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Boston Convention
by 1998 Convention Host Chapter

Also in this issue:
  • It All Starts With One - Fred Ellis
  • The Hannah Tankard - William Burkle
  • Ever See a Giraffe Stein? -
    Gene Manusov
  • Der Trumpeter von Säckingen
    "A Song from the Upper Rhine" -
    Viktor von Scheffel, Translation and Summary by Dagmar Rives
  • The Lion Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • A Regimental Beer Stein with a Story -
    Ron Heiligenstein
  • Contemporary Stein Collector #7
    Buy, Sell or Hold: An Investor's Guide to "Hot" Anheuser-Busch Steins -
    Frank Loevi
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    Is It English, German... or Possibly American - Neil Barton, M.D.
  • The Blacksmith's Story - A Masonic Legend - Martin Kiely
  • A Diesinger Punch Bowl - Les Hopper
  • Friendship Rekindled - Matt Gruskin
  • Gesture for the Jester - Fred Ellis

June 1998 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Animals on Mettlach Stoneware
by Dr. Thérèse Thomas

Also in this issue:
  • A Tribute to Col. John Ey, Jr.
  • State of the Art Combination -
    Leonce Miller
  • Ende Gut - Alles Gut
    (All's Well That Ends Well) -
    Peter Zirpke
  • Artists of the Westerwald -
    Number 1 in a Series - Peter Dümler -
    Pat Manusov
  • What's This Parian Stuff? -
    Jim Henderson
  • The Gentleman Skull - S. J. Brainard
  • Here's Another Story Behind the Stein -
    Ron Heiligenstein
  • St. Louis Silver Company Steins - Walt Vogdes/Milt Schnitzlein
  • Lanzenknecht - A Comparison - Les Hopper
  • Who, What, Where, When, How...?
    In the Black Whale at Ascalon, or... The Egyptian Stein - Al Hoch
  • Ernst Bohne & Söhne Odds and Ends
  • WW-Team - Frank Loevi
  • Charmed by Three Dimensional Steins - Paul A. Clark

September 1998 Prosit

28 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Contemporary Stein Collector - No. 8
Titanic Stein Making Big Waves
Anheuser-Busch to Distribute Gerz Limität Series
Two New Steins Announced in the Corona Beer Series
Prices Rising Quickly on Faust "Gold" Stein
by Frank Loevi

Also in this issue:
  • Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't - You Know Who - Leonce Miller
  • 1904 St. Louis World's Fair as Seen by Diesinger - Les Hopper
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    A Salvation Army Purchase - Robert Wehner
    What are These Marks About? - Leonard Englert
    Is It English, German... Or Possibly American? - Bernard Harrison
  • Thank You, Walt - John M. Gaustad
  • Announcing - The Internet Collectors Guide to German Stoneware, 1500-1800 - Rod and Marie Harmic
  • Artists of the Westerwald
    Number 2 in a Series - Simon Peter Gerz - Pat Manusov
  • Some Say Prosit - Some Say L'Chaim
    The Kiddush Cup - The Goblet of Wine - Gene Manusov, D.D.S.
  • A Unique Diesinger Vase? - Bill Bosworth
  • Till Eulenspiegel - John M. Gaustad
  • Till Eulenspiegel - Walt Vogdes

December 1998 Prosit

28 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
The August Saeltzer Factory

by Ron Fox

Also in this issue:
  • Artists of the Westerwald, Number 3 in a Series -
    Matthias Girmscheid - Pat Manusov
  • My Father and Hussar Regimental Steins - Karl Heinze
  • Two Pair - Les Hopper
  • A Double Take - Jim Fredholm
  • How It All Started - Ray Hubert
  • The Student Prince Stein - Ray Patten and S. J. Brainard
  • The Hindenburg Program, or "How our steins lost their lids" - George Schamberger
  • Ready for Another War Story? - John M. Gaustad
  • Anheuser-Busch Issues Stein Recall - Frank Loevi
  • A Beer Fit for a Czar? - Brent Laswell
  • The Bulldog - S. J. Brainard
  • A Knockout Punch Bowl - Leonce Miller
  • Artists of the Westerwald, Number 4 in a Series - Reinhold Hanke - Pat Manusov
  • A Tale of Two Steins - Steven Steigerwald
  • A Rare and Unusual Pair? - Jim Fredholm
  • "Get a Horse" - a call often heard - David K. Bausch

March 1999 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
"Experience the Rockies" The 33rd Annual SCI Convention

by 1999 Convention Host Chapter

Also in this issue:
  • Artists of the Westerwald - Number 5 in a Series - Marzi & Remy - Pat Manusov
  • The Utica Brewery Bartender - Sam Brainard
  • Die Gartenlaube and Beer Steins - George Schamberger
  • The J.M. Davis Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Till Eulenspiegel - Part 2 - Walt Vogdes
  • Till Eulenspiegel - An Enigmatic Character - Walt Vogdes
  • Trink und Rauch - Joe Horowitz
  • Perfection Personified - Leonce Miller

June 1999 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
A Regimental Beer Stein from German Southwest Africa

by Harald Busse

Also in this issue:
  • Eyrich, Another Mettlach Artist Identified - Roy DeSelms, George Schamberger and Robert Wilson
  • Contemporary Stein Collector - No. 9
    - Pewter Banded Steins from Thewalt
    - A-B's Expanding Stein Horizons
    - Frank Loevi
  • One of a Kind - Leonce Miller
  • Artists of the Westerwald - Number 6 in a Series - Reinhold Merkelbach - Pat Manusov
  • How I Got Started - Joe Stephany
  • Till Eulenspiegel (the third and last part) - Walt Vogdes
  • Regimental Beer Steins - a book review by David Walsh
  • The Poppie Legacy - Joann Ellis
  • Defregger, Artist of the People - Marshall Smith
  • The Iguana Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • Who. What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    Who Did It - Bob Fisher
    The Black Whale at Ascalon - One More Time - Charles Washburne
  • The Jester on Steins - Walt Vogdes
September 1999 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Bohne Skull Steins, et al

by Frank Loevi

Also in this issue:
  • The Double Skull Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • A Modern Twist to Antique Stein Collecting - Jody Wyse
  • Artists of the Westerwald, Number 7 in a Series (Final Installment)
    - J.W. Remy - Pat Manusov
  • Regimental Presentation Beaker - Robert Laier
  • Colonial Troops in German Southwest Africa - Harald Busse
  • Contemporary Stein Collector #10
    The Last Gerz Beer Stein
    Schultz & Dooley Winning on the Internet - Frank Loevi
  • The Romans Called Her Diana, The Greeks Called Her Artemis, I Call Her An Interesting Stein Subject - Les Hopper
December 1999 Prosit

36 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
A Civil War Stein

by Jim Gasowski

Also in this issue:
  • München Mystery - Charlotte Whitham
  • Sanitätsfeldwebel Siebert - George Schamberger
  • The Miller Girl Made It! - Leonce Miller
  • Steins for the Milennium - Frank Loevi
  • Regimental Stein for DM 5.50 - George Schamberger
  • What is it - German or Chinese - Frank Loevi
  • Master Relief Pewterers of the Seventeenth Century - Francois Briot, Isaac Faust and Caspar Enderlein - Martin Kiely
  • The Ugly Munich Child Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • Another Etched GT - John M. Gaustad
  • These Mettlach Items Now Have a Father - Dr. Thérèse Thomas
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    An English Münchner Kindl? - Walt Vogdes
    World War II Commemorative by Mettlach - Ed Hamlin
    World War II Commemorative by Mettlach - Bob Wilson Replies
    Further Observations about Till Eulenspiegel - Carolyn Place
    Who or What is this J.G. Mark? - Russell Stadt
  • Tannhäuser in Venusberg - Rich Cress
  • Diesinger Takes a Bath at Mount Clemens, Michigan - Les Hopper
  • A Tale of Two Rookwood Steins - Walt Vogdes
  • Götz von Berlichingen - John M. Gaustad
March 2000 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Convention 2000

by the 2000 Convention Host Chapter

Also in this issue:
  • And They Came Tumbling Down - Charlotte Whitham
  • Mettlach "Rookwood" - Walt Vogdes
  • Heinrich Schlitt Remembered - Arthur Maethner
  • Who, What, When, Where, Why, How...?
    An English Münchner Kindl? - a reply
    World War II Commemorative - a reply
    M&W Frogs - Rich Cress
  • Mettlach Decoration #1014 - Arlen Anderson
  • A Splendid Little War - Spanish-American War Beer Steins - Sheldon J. Lewis
  • Character Handles on Mettlach Steins - Arlen Anderson
  • Gustav Thinwebel, The Most Recent Sighting - Walt Vogdes
  • The Christmas Stein - L. C. Englert
  • SCI on the Internet - Walt Vogdes
June 2000 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Glassware of the Royal Families of Europe

by Don Birschel

Also in this issue:
  • New Leinenkugel Brewery Character Stein Announced - Pete Kroll
  • Stein Magicians - Leonce Miller
  • Avon Steins - S. J. Brainard
  • The Murals of Heinrich Schlitt in the Wiesbaden Ratskeller - Arthur J. Maethner
  • PKT: German's Newest Stein Maker - Frank Loevi
  • Mike Wald Stein Slide Collection Donated to SCI
  • Avon Calling - Heiner Kiessling
  • Thewalt Steins - S. J. Brainard
  • Richard Wagner, Titan of 19th Century Opera - Jim Fredholm
  • A Historical Beer Stein - George Schamberger
  • More Mystery Marks - Russell E. Stadt
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    Richard Wagner on Steins and Plaques
    First It Was Elvis, Then Gustav Thinwebel, Now Joe Jefferson! - Harry van Beurden
    Free Translations - Arthur Maethner
    Mettlach Plaque - Thérèse Thomas' reply
    Mettlach Plaque - Marianne Gruskin's reply
  • Fake Pewter Vessels Inscribed Kaufbeuren - Martin Kiely
  • On the Subject of Translations - Walt Vogdes
  • Solved Mystery "Unsolved" - Les Hopper
  • The SCI Song - Arthur Maethner
September 2000 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Mary Gregory Type Glassware

by Jack Pandl

Also in this issue:
  • Rare and Unusual Hauber & Reuther Steins - Marty Cameli
  • The Murals of Heinrich Schlitt in the Wiesbaden Ratskeller (Part II) - Arthur J. Maethner
  • The History of Stein Collectors International - John Kelly and Earl and Vera Christy
  • Der Scharfrichter - George Schamberger
  • Drinking Vessels on Stamps - George Schamberger
  • The Glass of Karlsbad, Bohemia - John Hawks
  • The Ron Fox Dwarf Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    Two Unusual Steins - Jack Gaustad
December 2000 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
American Indians on German Beer Steins

by Pat Manusov

Also in this issue:
  • Die Reservistenpfeifen - The Reservist Regimental Pipes - George Schamberger
  • Two Unusual Steins, The Wilhelm Kagel Pottery - Franz Hassmann
  • Impressions of a Convention - Sharon Bruha
  • The Murals of Heinrich Schlitt in the Wiesbaden Ratskeller (Part III) - translated by Arthur Maethner
  • The Dracula Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • HR Bicycle Steins - Marty Cameli
  • Girmscheid Salt-Glazed Steins - Les Hopper
  • Aviation History on a Beer Mug - John M. Gaustad
March 2001 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
2001: A Thirsty Knight Stein Odyssey

by the 2001 Convention Host Chapter

Also in this issue:
  • Evolution of a New Convention Tradition - Marie Stevenson
  • The Kaiser Prize for Marksmanship - Bill Sullivan
  • Gaudeamus Igitur and the Kommersbuch - Walt Vogdes
  • Editor's Note on the Zirkel
  • The Mis-Matched Character Steinman, Sam Brainard - Tom Seitz
  • Everybody Loves Heinrich Schlitt - John M. Gaustad
  • Der Reservistenpfeiffen - The Reservist Pipes, Part II - Nomenclature - Les Hopper
  • New Stein (Great Dane) - Pete Kroll
  • Book Review - "The Beer Stein Book, Third Edition, A 400 Year History" - Walt Vogdes
  • Three Pipe Smokers - S. J. Brainard
  • Trivia from the Past - Bob Edwards
  • Der Reservistenpfeiffen - The Reservist Pipes, Part III - Decorations and Unit Cubes - Les Hopper
June 2001 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
HR Steins With Inlaid Lids

by Marty Cameli

Also in this issue:
  • A Pile of Penny Material - Earl Christy
  • The KING-Werk "Limität" Series: Marzi & Remy Reincarnated - Frank Loevi
  • The Glass Gallery: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England - Bernard R. C. Harrison
  • Book Report - Das Münchner Kindl - Walt Vogdes
  • Die Reservistenpfeiffen - The Reservist Pipes, Part IV - Bowl Components - Les Hopper
  • Book Review - "The Beer Drinker's Bible, Lore, Trivia and History: Chapter and Verse - Martin Kiely
  • The Rheinstein Castle - John Hawks
  • Knitted Beer Markers - Ronald E. Gray
  • My First Beer Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • A Regimental Beer Stein named to a German Bicycle Company - Alte Germanen
  • My First Stein - Louis Foster
September 2001 Prosit

24 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
The Steins of E. Bohne Söhne: An Introduction

by Frank Loevi

Also in this issue:
  • Start 'em Young - Lawrence Beckendorff
  • SCI's Master Pewterer - Charlotte Whitham
  • An American Regimental??? - Neil Barton, M.D.
  • Die Reservistenpfeiffen - The Reservist Pipes - Part 5, Additional Bowls and Their Components - Les Hopper
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    A Regimental Question - G. Schamberger
    The Stein Inn, The Oldest Inn on Skye - Chris Dodd
    Who Was Chas. Haas of Blue Island, Illinois - Bernard Harrision
    An A-B Barrel Character Stein - Louis Foster
    Who are these guys? - Jack Gaustad
    Stein Hunting in Eastern Europe - Walt Vogdes
  • Artist Bob Benard Recreates Work of Christian Warth
  • A Stein Collector's Profile - Marty Cameli
December 2001 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
2002 Convention

by the 2002 Convention Hosts

Also in this issue:
  • Nobody Asked Me... But - Marty Cameli
  • An Analysis of the Sales of Popular Steins During the Decade of the 90's - Walt Vogdes
  • My First Stein - David Bruha
  • An Introduction to Schierholz Character Steins - Frank Loevi
  • Die Reservistenpfeiffen - The Reservist Pipes - Part 6, Additional Bowls and Their Components - Les Hopper
  • Book Review - "Die Reservistenpfeife" - Les Hopper
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    A Regimental Question - Steven Wessling replies
    Who are they? - various replies
    A Variation on a Schlitt Design - Martyn Brown
    My First Stein - Jeff Langstaff
March 2002 Prosit

28 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Munich Child Character Steins

by Louis Foster

Also in this issue:
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    A Variation on a Schlitt Design - several replies
  • A Question for Stein Collectors - Harvey Murphy
  • Down in the Auerbach Keller - Brent Laswell
  • Harvey Murphy's Memories of SCI Convention No. 1 - Marty Cameli
  • Political Steins I:
    Die Deutsche Burschenschaft     (The German Students' Society) - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • How Many Dekkers Worked for Girmscheid? - Les Hopper
  • Pollitical Steins II: The 1809 Norway-Denmark Alliance Wooden Stein - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • All That Does Not Glitter May Be Gold - Neil Barton, M.D.
  • Flowers and the Three Kaisers of 1888 - George Schamberger
  • A "Burg Hohenzollern" Regimental Beer Stein? - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Die Reservistenpfeifen, Part 7
    Bowls, Lids and Their Components - Les Hopper
  • The Character Steins of Matthias Girmscheid - Jerry Berg
  • The Cologne Cathedral, V&B-Mettlach and Politics - Dr. Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Mettlach
  • Chapter & Verse
June 2002 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Germania on Regimental Beer Steins

by Louis Foster

Also in this issue:
  • Die Reservistenpfeiffen - The Reservist Pipe - Regimental Pipes - Part 8, Civilian and Military Occupations Shown on Bowls - Les Hopper
  • Die Kunstgewerbemuseum (Applied Art Museum, Berlin) - Walt Vogdes
  • Schlitt's Drunken Judges Stein, A Misunderstood Mettlach - Frank Loevi
  • Political Steins III. The Socialist Movement in Steins (ref. 1) - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • Another Faust Stein - Frank Loevi
  • A Further Analysis of Auction Stein Sales - Walt Vogdes
  • A Character Stein for the Collector Who Has It All - Ronald E. Gray
  • Napoleon's Stein: A Regimental Wannabe? - Martin Kiely
  • Für Kaiser und Vaterland! - Jeff Langstaff
  • A Stein from Hollywood - Marty Cameli
  • History on Beer Steins - The Red Baron of Germany - George Schamberger
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    A regimental Question Answered - George Schamberger
    Rabbits and Beer Steins - C. J. Lowes
    Gymnastic/Weightlifting Steins - Bill Bosworth
    No More Steins in Munich? - Bill Bosworth
  • Heinrich Schlitt's Murals in the Cellar of Munich's Town Hall - Arthur J. Maethner
September 2002 Prosit

36 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Return of the KING and Other Recent Happenings in Schultz & Dooley Country

by Frank Loevi

Also in this issue:
  • Let's Dance - Bavarian Style! - Dick Platt
  • A Student Society Tin Toffee Stein - Martin Kiely
  • Two Mettlach Plaques - Walt Vogdes
  • Die Reservistenpfeifen - The Reservist Pipe - Regimental Pipes, Part 9, Special Messages on Bowls - Les Hopper
  • The Cologne Cathedral, V&B-Mettlach and Politics - Dr, Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Wilson
  • A Royal Student Stein - Stephen Lee Smith and Walt Vogdes
  • An Unusual Regimental Beer Stein Named To The Body Guard Squadron Of The Regiment Garde Du Corps, Potsdam 1912-1915 - Edward Voss
  • Do You Believe in Coincidence? Oskar Roick Linked to Mettlach! - Walt Vogdes
  • Pigeon Steins and Pigeons in the Military - Marty Cameli
  • Noah and the Ark (The Mural vs. The Punch Bowl) - Arthur J. Maethner
  • The Lure of the Lorelei, A Fable from the Romantic Rhine - Jeff Langstaff
  • Regimental Beer Steins Named to Units with Unusual Nicknames - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Marks on Porcelain Regimental and Occupational Steins - Dr. Roy DeSelms
December 2002 Prosit

36 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
An Unusual Jugendstil Pouring Stein

by Walt Vogdes

Also in this issue:
  • A Winter Warmer - Martyn Brown
  • Jakob Julius Scharvogel and Munich Art Pottery - Walt Vogdes
  • Web site review - The Beer Stein Library - Gene Manusov
  • Understanding and Identifying Regimental Steins and Researching a Rarity - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • Budweiser Holiday Steins - S. J. Brainard
  • A Rare and Unusual Regimental Beer Stein - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Political Steins IV: WWI German POW in USA Mug - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • Symbolism of Character Steins: What Do They Mean? - David Harr
  • The Man in the Moon - David Harr
  • A Special Christmas Present - Les and Charlotte Whitham
  • Patriotic Steins: Remembering 9-11 - Frank Loevi
  • History on Beer Steins: Prince Eugen v. Savoyen - George Schamberger
March 2003 Prosit

32 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
The Greatest Spectacle in Stein Collecting:
Indianapolis 2003

by the Host Chapter for the 2003 Convention

Also in this issue:
  • Mettlach's Chicago Stein Form 3156 - Andre Ammelounx
  • More on Regimental Beer Steins Named to Regiments with Unusual Nicknames - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Still Water Runs Deep - Walt Vogdes
  • Die Reservistenpfeifen - The Reservist Pipes - Regimental Pipes - Part 10, More Special Messages on Bowls - Les Hopper
  • Mettlach's Hand Engraved Items - Robert D. Wilson
  • This Imperial German Navy Stein Has an Outstanding Story to Tell - Edward J. Voss
  • Royalty, The First Real Collectors - Don Birschel
  • Ewer: The Greatest! - Martyn Brown
  • This Bud is For You - S. J. Brainard
  • The Cologne Cathedral, V&B-Mettlach and Politics - Part III: The Missing Verse, the Shield Transitions & the Signature of Ludwig Foltz II - Dr. Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Wilson
  • Fake Mettlach Marks and Lithopanes - Ronald E. Gray
  • Albrecht Dürer - Marty Cameli
June 2003 Prosit

36 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
United States Military Steins

by Andre Ammelounx

Also in this issue:
  • Secrets to Finding Beer Steins - Milt Schnitzlein
  • My GI Stein - Jim DeMars
  • Steins by Freidrich van Hauten - Ron Fox and John Lamb
  • The Fritz Thenn Regensburg Steinzeug Factory - John McGregor
  • A Military Presentation Pipe - Christmas in France - George Schamberger
  • Guard Stars on Regimental Beer Steins - Ron Heiligenstein
  • A Hungarian Beer Mug - Martin Kiely
  • Variations on a Theme: Girmscheid, Mettlach and Rodenstein - Frank Loevi
  • Variations on Mettlach Plaques - Neil Barton, M.D.
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...?
    Corrections
    What does Panier mean, and what can you tell me about my student stein? - Barney
  • My First Stein(s) - Martyn Brown
  • An Addendum to Martyn Brown's Article - "de ja vu" (all over again!) - Arthur J. Maethner
  • Three Devil Steins - S. J. Brainard
  • Steins in Alsace and Lorraine - Christian Aracheloff
  • Ewer: The Greatest! - Robert Fisher
September 2003 Prosit

44 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Lenox Steins and the History of Beleek

by Stuart Steggall

Also in this issue:
  • A Stein Hunt - Lotti & Victor Lopez
  • American Patriotic Steins - Mark Fiebrandt
  • An Extremely Rare 1600's Silver German Hexagonal Beaker - Stephen L. Smith
  • Thanks, Mom - David Harr
  • Castle Drachenfels - Charlotte Whitham
  • An Imperial German Navy Reservist's Stein with an American Connection - Edward J. Voss
  • Steins Produced by the Firm of JW Remy - Lyn Ayers
  • The Billiken Stein - David Harr
  • Proof That Diesinger Manufactured Threaded Steins - Phil Masenheimer
  • Early Steins: An Altenburg Pearl Stein - Les Paul
  • Manning Bowman & Co., American Beer Stein Manufacturer - Frank Pociadlo
  • A Student Stein from the Freiberg School of Mining - John McGregor
  • A Jugendstil Pouring Stein by Johann Peter Thewalt - Walt Vogdes
  • Fun Stein Quiz
  • My First Stein - Norm Paratore
  • SCI Salutes Rich Cress - Walt Vogdes on behalf of SCI
  • Select Items from the John Stuart Collection (for sale)
  • Miniature Steins - Les Paul
  • Stein of the Issue Contest
December 2003 Prosit

44 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Biedermeier Cut and Engraved Glass Steins

by James B. Sauer

Also in this issue:
  • Going to Kansas City
  • Made in the USA - Ron Fox
  • Just One More! - David Harr
  • Steinzeugwerke and Steinzeug-Industrie Coblenz - Walt Vogdes
  • An Interesting Student Stein - Walt Vogdes
  • Double Unit Regimental Beer Steins - Ron Heiligenstein
  • My Favorite Castle Stein - Charlotte Whitham
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor
  • Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, der Gemütlichkeit - Jim Fredholm
  • The Pewter Factory of August Weygang - Ron Fox
  • Two Very Unusual Lid Attachments - David Harr
  • History on Beer Steins - The Zeidler Story - George Schamberger
  • Heinrich Schlitt Postcards - Floyd Dietlein
  • Stein of the Issue Contest
  • King Ludwig II Character Stein - Floyd Dietlein
  • Unlocking the Mystery of Two Military Commemorative Steins - Walt Vogdes
  • My Favorite Stein - Al Kleindienst
  • My Military Service Stein - Bob Trovato
  • The Tale of a Fayence-Stoneware Stein - Lotti Lopez
  • Political Steins V. Socialist Stein Motifs - Dr. Roy DeSelms
March 2004 Prosit

52 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Heraldry on Steins and Glasses

by Richard Strom

Also in this issue:
  • Obituary - Lester E. Hopper, SCI Master Steinologist, Jack Heimann Service Award Winner, multi-term officer of SCI, founder and multi-term officer of Bayou Stein Verein
  • Introduction to Collecting Regimental Steins - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Phillips Academy, Andover - Ron Fox
  • Mettlach Crystalline Glazes - Robert D. Wilson
  • Early Steins: The rare blue Annaberg steins - Les Paul
  • Miniature Steins - Les Paul
  • Hans im Glück - David Harr
  • Las Vegas Importing the Munich Tradition - Floyd Dietlein
  • RARE Tiffany Stein - Ron Fox
  • Stanhopes - Ron Fox
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor
  • A Fable of Long, Long Ago - Ed Weimer
  • More HR Inlaid Lids - Marty Cameli
  • A Stein Depicting the Battle Between Good and Evil - Jim Fredholm
  • The Beehive Steins - Les Paul
  • Stein of the Issue Contest
  • The Multiple Molds of Thewalt Stein #1273 - Jerry Berg
  • Mettlach Earlyware - Louis Foster
  • Castles and Other Buildings:
    The Beautiful Churches of Munich - Charlotte Whitham
  • Coloring the Glass - Ron Fox
  • American City and Other American Souvenir Steins - Jack Strand
  • St. Peter's Church - Walt Vogdes
  • The Martin Luther Stein - S. J. Brainard
  • V&B Mettlach Beakers: German Tourist Sites - Frank Pociadlo
  • Who, What, Where, When, Why, How...
    FFST Turner Steins - Walt Vogdes and Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • Wanted: Photos of Base Marks - Walt Vogdes
  • Mystery Piece - Steve Morris
  • Announcement of the formation of Black Forest Collectors International
June 2004 Prosit

44 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
American Spas

by Jack Strand

Also in this issue:
  • Just One More - Irene Groebner
  • Going to Kansas City - Rich Cress
  • Pan American Exposition Stein - Michael Slutskin and Ron Fox
  • Boxing History on a V&B Stein - Mark Durban
  • The Mysterious Mettlach Form #675 - Robert D. Wilson
  • A Green Vaults Beer Stein - Stephen Lee Smith
  • Do Mettlachs Fade in Sunlight? - Robert D. Wilson
  • Original Schlitt V&B Design Found - Mark Durban
  • My Service Stein - Denny Matheney
  • Another Very Rare and Unusual Regimental Beer Stein - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Marzi & Remy Etched Steins - a poem - S. J. Brainard
  • Ludwig Foltz II, Premier Designer of Mettlach Steins - Dr. Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Wilson
  • St. Joseph's Academy - Ron Fox
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor
  • Glass Decorating Techniques: Marquetry - Ron Fox
  • The Imperial Sailing Yacht "Meteor" - Mark Fiebrandt
  • German Student Societies, History and Traditions: A Bibliography - Walt Vogdes
  • Irish Beleek's Influence and Walter Lenox, the Early Years - Stuart Steggal
  • Mettlach Made for Orivit - Robert D. Wilson
  • A Beer Stein, Tobacco Jar or Mustard Pot? - Bob Groebner, Jr.
  • The Schierholz Student Boxer Stein - Hank Naetzker
  • The Dog in Student Life - Walt Vogdes
  • Stein of the Issue Contest
September 2004 Prosit

44 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Royal Bonn Steins

by John Lamb

Also in this issue:
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - Part 4 - John McGregor
  • Miniature Steins - Les Paul
  • A Giant Error - Marty Cameli
  • One Weird Stein - Les Paul
  • A Fair Measure - Martyn Brown
  • Castles and Other Buildings - Charlotte Whitham
  • The Count von Spee Stein - Richard Strom
  • Stein of the Issue Contest
  • It Was Like Finding a "Needle in the Haystack" - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Paulaner, From Humble Origins to the Biggest of Munich's Big Six Breweries - William Sullivan
  • Emperors, Orders and Awards - George Schamberger
  • Two More Flew Home - Marty Cameli
  • Mettlach Simplified Redesign and Price Reductions - Robert D. Wilson
  • Mettlach PUG 715(1909), What a Rowdy Crowd! - Anthony Belpulsi
  • News Release - The Houdini Character Stein - Pete Kroll
  • Wildmen, Savages of Germany - Stephen L. Smith
  • A Beer Stein Rarity Scale from 1 to 10 - Steve Smith and Norm Paratore
  • Owen China Company & The St. Louis World's Fair - Martin Kiely
  • My First Stein - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • American Porcelain Insert Steins - Jack Strand
December 2004 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Occupational Steins - Part I

by Phil Masenheimer

Also in this issue:
  • Alchemist? No Way! - Walt Vogdes
  • Mettlach Plaques vs. Steins - Robert D. Wilson
  • Copper Wheel-cut Engraved Glass - Ron Fox
  • Prohibition and American Beer Steins - Jack Strand
  • Regimentals, E-bay & SPAM - Art Hechler
  • An American Regimental II - Neil Barton, M.D.
  • American Naval Stein Ron Fox
  • Mission San Jose Stein - Lawrence Beckendorff
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor
  • Mettlach Percent (%) Mark Explained - Robert D. Wilson
  • In Memory of Thomas Thetcher 1764 - Martin Kiely
  • The Merkelbach Cat Stein (poem) - S. J. Brainard
  • Reservist Reproduction Steins - Stephen Lee Smith
  • Schlaraffenland (Glutton's or Fool's Paradise) - John McGregor
  • Ludwig Foltz II, Part Ib. More Proto-Mettlach Drinking Vessels - Dr. Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Wilson
  • The Wonderful World of Johann Maresch - Gene Manusov
  • The Beer Stein Museum Research Library and Archives - Lyn Ayers
  • Talking About Glass Steins - Flutes - James B. Sauer
March 2005 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Salt Glaze

by John McGregor

Also in this issue:
  • Who Say's You Can't Go Home Again? - Marie Stevenson
  • The Bavaria Statue in Munich - Marc Lang
  • Wheelock China Souvenir Steins - Ron Fox
  • The half-liter stein that started SCI - Tom McClelland
  • The McKinley Era - Jack Strand
  • Friedr. van Hauten of Bonn - Walt Vogdes
  • Occupational Steins: Part 2, Characteristics and Grading - Phil Masenheimer
  • My First Collectable Stein - W. Bruce Pruitt
  • Mettlach Chromolith and Etched from Same Mold - Robert D. Wilson
  • An Original Gamsbart - Marc Lang
  • More Than Meets The Eye - Mark Durban
  • Stein of the Issue Contest
  • Arbeitsdienst (Labor Service) Steins - George Schamberger
  • The Intoxication Stein - Marty Cameli
  • A "Speculative" Tile Layer's Occupational Beer Stein - Stephen L. Smith
  • My "Souvenir" Stein Collection - Steve Steigerwald
  • Sarreguemines Barrel Stein - Marc Lang
  • Oktoberfest - Marc Lang
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited (Sixth Installment) - John McGregor
  • Mission San Luis Rey - Ron Fox
  • Falstaff - Marc Lang
  • Ludwig Foltz II - Premier Designer of Mettlach Drinking Vessels
    Part II - Signatures and Trademarks - Dr. Roy DeSelms and Robert VBM Wilson
  • Correction - John the Blind King of Bohemia - Walt Vogdes and Martyn Brown
  • Large Castle Stein - Bill Bosworth
  • A Visit With Marzi & Remy - Ken Etheridge
  • My Steins Are Gone! - Jim Henderson

June 2005 Prosit

The June 2005 issue includes 44 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
American Souvenir Steins
by Barry Toussaint

Also in this issue:
  • Environmental Protection Agents - Neil Barton
  • Type #1 Series Steins - Barry Touissaint
  • KPM Porcelain Steins - Ron Fox/Dan Cipriano
  • In Search of a JW Remy - Tony Belpulsi
  • Miniature Steins - Les Paul
  • Captain Otto Weddigen Stein - Ron Fox
  • The Limoges Game Bird Series - Steve Smith
  • Athens Premier Olympic Stein
  • A Rare Double Unit Regimental Stein with an Interesting Story to Tell - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Sydney 2000 Olympic Stein
  • A Chicago Story - Jack Strand
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor
  • A Quick Update - John McGregor
  • Argentia Stein - Jim Henderson
  • German Sud West Afrika Steins and "Go-With's" - Art Hechler
  • A Cork Beer Stein - Steve Smith
  • Unteroffiziersvorschule - Pre-school for Corporals - George Schamberger
  • Another Wheelock Stein - Ron Fox
  • Blind King John of Bohemia - Walt Vogdes
  • The Making of a Pewter Finial - David Harr
  • My First Stein - Walt Vogdes
September 2005 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Cavalry Regimental Steins

by Ron Heiligenstein

Also in this issue:
  • University of California Football Stein - Ron Fox
  • Porcelain - A Short History - John McGregor
  • Majolica Philadelphia Souvenir Steins - Ron Fox
  • Kiatschou & Tsingtau Regimentals - Art Hechler
  • Ahh... Collecting - Peter Zirpke
  • You Can Smoke This Stein - Michael Tremblay
  • Teddy Roosevelt, The Rough Rider - Bob Groebner
  • The Legend of William Tell - Rich Cress
  • Nixon Agnew Inauguration Stein - Ron Fox
  • Freising - Marty Cameli
  • A NY National Guard Pewter Presentation Stein - Walt Vogdes
  • An Alphabetical List of German Occupations - Phil Masenheimer and Walt Vogdes
  • The Firm of Reinhold Merkelbach, Jugendstil Designer Paul Wynand, and Jugendstil Glaze Treatments - Walt Vogdes
  • St. Louis World's Fair - Jack Strand
  • Heinrich Schlitt The Author - Mark Durban
  • The HR Logos and Decorator Marks - John McGregor
  • A Chinese Drinking Horn - Martin Kiely
  • A Volunteer Chalice Trophy - Martin Kiely
  • Made in Germany - George Schamberger
December 2005 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Castles and Other Buildings

by Charlotte Whitham

Also in this issue:
  • Return to the Queen - Marie Stevenson
  • Munich in Las Vegas - Marty Cameli
  • Wriggle Out of That! - Floyd Dietlein
  • Munich Rathskeller Stein - Frank Loevi
  • Early Japanese Tankards - Ron Fox
  • Eureka! The Hunt is Over - John Strassberger
  • The Diesinger That Wasn't - Arvid Freunde
  • HR and the Freising Factory Revisited - John McGregor
  • German Naval Regimentals - Art Hechler
  • Old Stein Photo - Jon Hoffmann
  • Another Stein Pipe - Bob Groebner
  • The Aquarium Stein - Bob Groebner
  • Balanced Rock Stein - Ron Fox
  • American Patriotic Steins - Don Franz
  • Terra Cotta Stein - Marion Kelley
  • Pewter Collectors, Unite! - Stephen Lee Smith
  • Cavalry Regimental Steins - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Germany's Lourdes - Bob Groebner, Sr.
  • Celtic Art - John McGregor
  • Merkelbach & Wick Event Stein - John McGregor
  • American Missile Steins - Ron Fox
  • German-Belgian Stein - Walt Vogdes
March 2006 Prosit

52 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Rudolf Ditmar Majolica Steins

by Ron Fox

Also in this issue:
  • My First Stein - John Strassberger
  • My Military Home - Louis Foster
  • Photos From the Road - Ron Fox
  • Early Stoneware Steins (book review) - Walt Vogdes
  • HR and the Freising Factory - John McGregor
  • Stein Ceramics Simplified - John McGregor
  • The Everleigh Club Stein - Bob Groebner
  • More on Defregger Steins - Marty Cameli
  • Three Cities on HR Steins - Marty Cameli
  • Budweiser and Ceramarte - Arvid Freunde
  • An Unusual Mason Stein - Ron Fox
  • These Leuchterweibchen - Stuart Weiss
  • The U.S. Constabulary - Louis Foster
  • Schultz & Dooley Steins - Don DiPetro
  • Glass Coloring Techniques - Ron Fox
  • Renaissance or Re-Renaissance? - Martyn Brown
  • A Historical Pipe - George Schamberger
  • The SS President Lincoln - Walt Vogdes
  • Maximilian the Knight Beer Stein
  • The Legend That is Little Julian - Jerry Berg
  • Museum/Library News - Lyn Ayers
  • Another National Guard Trophy - Walt Vogdes
  • A Collector's Dream - Ralph R. Joyce
June 2006 Prosit

52 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Royal Vienna Steins

by Rick Grunin

Also in this issue:
  • Update from the SCI Library - Lyn Ayers
  • The German Fireman (poem) - Sam Brainard
  • Einjahrige Freiwillige - George Schamberger
  • News Release (Uncle Sam stein) - Pete Kroll
  • The Seven Swabians - Ridge L. Scott and Walt Vogdes
  • My First Stein - Lyn Ayers
  • HR & the Freising Factory - John McGregor
  • Early Philadelphia Steins - Jack Strand
  • Character Brewery Steins - Jerry Berg
  • Photos from the Road - Ron Fox
  • Idar-Oberstein Agate Stein - Ron Fox
  • An Interesting Miniature - Walt Vogdes
  • Women in the Military - Louis Foster
  • Rhine River Patrol - Louis Foster
  • The Chicago Germania Club - Al Schafer
  • The Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition - Lyn Ayers
  • The Seventh Regiment - Don Franz
  • Faience Factories and their Subject Matter - William Hamer
September 2006 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Bustle Lady Steins

by Charlotte Whitham

Also in this issue:
  • President’s Message - Phil Masenheimer
  • My First Stein - Marty Cameli
  • US Military Steins - Louis Foster
  • HR & the Freising Factory - J. McGregor
  • Ladies with Bustles - Charlotte Whitham
  • Plastic - The Perfect Collectible -Sue Fox
  • Schlitt - The Missing Years - Mike Hunt
  • Ben Franklin: Beer Mugs - J.Strassberger
  • To Sell or Not to Sell - P. Zirpke
  • 2006 Convention Award Photos 2005
  • Amended Board Meeting Minutes 2006
  • Convention Report - J. Strassberger
  • 2006 Convention Photos - John Mertz
  • Letter to the Editor - Jo & Ginger Gehres
  • Magdeburg Faience - William Hamer
  • Photos From The Road - Ron Fox
  • American State Capitols - Jack Strand
September 2006 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Photos From the Road - The Series Continues

by Ron Fox

Also in this issue:
  • Military-Tross - G. Schamberger
  • A New Era of Steins - Jon Hoffmann
  • Charles Stewart Parnell - Martin Kiely
  • Let Freedom Ring - Don Franz
  • A Puzzle - George Schamberger
  • Holiday Greetings - Charlotte Whitham
  • The Mettlach Book (review) - Walt Vogdes
  • Basket Weave Steins - Judy Stuart
  • Serpentine - Ron Fox
  • Making an Alligator - Fox/Vogdes
  • Brewmaster Convention Stein - Bill Sullivan
  • Mason Stein Update - Bruce Pruitt
  • The Seelbach Hotel - Jack Strand
  • Hauber & Reuther Late Era - John McGregor
  • Berghoff Gone, But Never Forgotten - Bob Groebner
  • The Stein Reference - Chris Wheeler
  • The Old Man of the Mountain - Jack Strand
  • Unusual Cold War Steins - Louis Foster
  • My Favorite Stein - Larry Peters
  • Made in America - Neil Barton M.D.
  • Hampshire Pottery - Martin Kiely
  • Steins Unlimited Series - Jerry Berg
March 2007 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Inf. Regt. Alt Württemberg (3. Württemb.) Nr. 121

by Maj John Harrell, Ret.

Also in this issue:
  • Heligoland - Chris Wheeler
  • A Grotesque Kind of Love - Ginger Gehres
  • HR & the Freising Factory - John McGregor
  • Call Me a Doctor - Louis Foster
  • My First Creussen Stein - William Hamer
  • Mettlach 1698 - Alte Fink - Walt Vogdes
  • Bad Kissingen, Germany - Charlotte Whitham
  • This Cup Has a Story - Jerry Berg
  • Photos From the Road - Ron Fox
  • Haakon VII, King of Norway - Lyn Ayers
  • Hans Sebald Beham - John Strassberger
  • When is an August Saeltzer... - John McGregor
  • The Dual Alliance of 1879 - Chris Wheeler
  • LB&C and LBCM - Walt Vogdes
  • Simon Peter Gerz I - John McGregor
June 2007 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Blue-Grey Stoneware Steins from Sarreguemines

by John Lamb

Also in this issue:
  • My First Stein - Jason Pimental
  • Stein Release - The Gator Golfer
  • Best of Enemies
  • Recent Library Acquisitions - Lyn Ayers
  • An Odd Stein - Ron Fox
  • Pewter Collectors Newsletter - S. Smith
  • Shakespeare in Love? - Neil Barton, MD
  • German Stein Banks - Ken Etheridge
  • A Religious Westerwald - William Hamer
  • Stein Release - The Clown Duo - D. Harr
  • A Modern Rookwood Stein - G. Hibben
  • Photos from the Road - Ron Fox
  • Schierholz Form 144 - Steve Morris
  • A Celebration of Anh. Busch - Don Franz
  • A Russian Boar - David Harr
  • Religious/Friendship Symbols - Stephen L. Smith
  • Chicago's Riverview Park - R. Groebner, Sr.
  • Paratrooper's Steins - Louis Foster
  • Miniature Steins - Charms - Les Paul
  • Steins from Rudolstadt - Jorg M. Unger
September 2007 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Feature article:
Whites Pottery of Utica, NY

by Ron Fox and David Roche

Also in this issue:
  • Whites Utica - Ron Fox and David Roche
  • Dual Alliance/Mettlach 1502 - Terry Hill
  • Washington's Crossing - W. Vogdes
  • My First Stein - John Piet
  • HMY Hohenzollern - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • More Ludwig Foltz II - Dr. Roy DeSelms
  • A-A-A-O - Louis Foster
  • A Lost Stein Returns - G. Schamberger
  • Sarreguemines Stoneware - Peter Zirpke
  • 2007 SCI Convention Auction - G. Kirsner
  • The Diesinger "Big Boys" - Walt Vogdes
  • 2007 SCI Convention Photos - J. Mertz
  • Photos From the Road - Ron Fox
  • Little Red Riding Hood - Stephen Smith
  • A Handel Stein - Frank Pociadlo
  • Homer Simpson and the Biker Hog
  • Affordable "Go-Withs" - Marie Stevenson
  • Turkenlouis - John Harrell
  • Infantry Regiment #111 - John Harrell
  • "Trink was klar ist" - Jerry Berg
  • An August Saeltzer Stein - Chris Wheeler
  • The Clown Duo - David Harr
  • Stein Exchange
December 2007 Prosit

52 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Featured articles:
Military Ocupational Pipe Bowls
  by George Schamberger
Faience Artists
  by Bill Hamer
The Hundpauker (Drum Dog)
  by John Harrell
Steins from the Road
  by Ron Fox

Also in this issue:
  • Spokane, Washington - Ron Fox
  • Faience Artists - William Hamer
  • Cave Homes of Limburg - Norm Paratore
  • Hampshire Pottery - Jack Strand
  • About the A-A-A-O Article - J. Harrell
  • First Heavy Cavalry Rgt. - J. Strassberger
  • Research Resources - Lyn Ayers
  • Military Souvenir Pipes - G. Schamberger
  • An Interesting Trophy - Lyn Ayers
  • American Souvenir Steins - B. Touissaint
  • Photos from the Road - Ron Fox
  • Mary Gregory Type Glassware - E. Pandl
  • A Priest's Occupational - Walt Vogdes
  • Organic Jugendstil Designs - W. Vogdes
  • Dr. Karl Lueger Steins - Ron Fox
  • Kinderkrüge: Snow White - Steve Smith
  • The Hundpauker (Dog Drum) - J. Harrell
  • What is the Significance? - W. Schemel
  • 2008 SCI Convention Information
  • My First Convention - Pat Zimmerman
  • On eBay - The Stürmritter - Walt Vogdes
  • Diesinger Go-Withs - Arvid Frende
  • The Verse on HR #153 - George Schamberger
  • Air Weapons Unit Mug - Martin Kiely
  • A Bronze Nautilus Cup - Martin Kiely

March 2008 Prosit

48 pages of informative and well-illustrated articles provided by our member-authors. Most of these articles address topics that cannot be found anywhere else in print.

Featured articles:
The Dual Alliance Military Leaders
as Depicted on Mettlach Set #1502
by Master Steinologist Terry Hill
Rare Schlitt Plaques
by Master Steinologist Bob Wilson
Photos From the Road
by Master Steinologist Ron Fox
Who Was A.R.?
by Master Steinologist Lyn Ayers

Also in this issue:
  • Off Duty Activities - Louis Foster
  • Ugly Angels - Peter Kroll
  • The Beerhall Experience in 19th Century Munich
  • A Trip Down Memory Lane (Blatz)
  • Dornröschen, or Sleeping Beuty - Steve Smith
  • Snow White, Revisited
  • In Memoriam - Neil Barton, M.D.
  • More Rare HR Steins - Marty Camelli
  • Confirmation Received (L. Bauernfreund & Co.)
  • Berlin's City Palace Seen on Regimental Steins - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Talking About Glass - Jim Sauer
  • Thanks to our authors, Index to Prosit (2007)
  • A Very Rare Regimental Beer Stein - Ron Heiligenstein
  • Chief Hollow Horn Bear - George Schamberger
  • Niagara Falls - Jack Strand
  • Bavaria and Her Lion - Stewart Eastman
  • Old Sleepy - Rick Borth
  • More Old Sleepy Eye - Terry Hogan
  • $250,000 just doesn't buy what it used to! - from eBay
  • Two American Souvenir Steins - from eBay


In Depth Indices to Past Issues of Prosit

Over the course of 34 years, more than 3200 pages have been published in Prosit, including most of the historical research about artists and manufacturers of steins which has been conducted during that period. Thanks to the efforts of SCI member and Master Steinologist Les Hopper, we have searchable indices to Prosit organized by Subject, Title and Author. These are reached by using the link below. The indices are saved in Adobe PDF format. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat reader on your system, you may download a free copy at Adobe Acrobat Reader Website.

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