Matthias Girmscheid Stein Catalog

Founded in 1884 in the town of Höhr, the firm of Matthias Girmscheid merged briefly with the firm of Gilles & Sohn in the 1920s, no doubt in an effort to survive in Germany’s difficult post-war economy. However, by 1930 the partnership had disolved and the two companies again began producing independently. The Girmscheid factory is still in operation today, producing a wide range of salt-glazed stoneware products. For more about Girmscheid, see “Introduction to Girmscheid Steins”.

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1   Lute Player and Women 2   “Question of the Heart” 3   Woman with Goblet 4   Trumpeter of Säckingen 4   “In the Realm of Sounds” 4   Renaissance Figures 5   Early Germans 5   “The Heir” 6   Hunter 6   Lovers 7   Hunters Shaking Hands 8   Courting Couple 9   Hunter Smoking and Drinking 9   Drinker 11   “Brunhilde and Siegfried” 11   Renaissance Figures with Saying 12   Bowler 13   Couple Drinking 14   “Oh Beautiful Golden Youth” 14   Tyrolean Man Smoking 16   Gymnastics Symbols 18   Firemen with Saying 21   Bicycler 22   Music Symbols and Musicians 49   Musician and Dancers 64   “Tryst” 65   Courting Couple 66   Courting Couple 76   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 78   “Teasing” 79   “Lindenwirtin” 81   Courting Couple 82   Flirting Scene 83   Courting Couple 84   Three Young Men 85   Courting Couple 86   Courting Couple 87   Courting Couple 88   Philosopher 89   Outdoor Drinking Scene 90   Tyrolean Children 92   Courting Couple 93   “Hermann’s Farewell to Tusnelda” 95   Couple Drinking 96   Man with Beer Stein 97   Gnomes Harvesting Grapes 98   “Good Lessons” 100   Tyrolean Man with Two Women 101   Dog 102   Munich Souvenir 111   Hunter’s Farewell 120   Courting Couple 121   Tyrolean Man with Two Women 153   Gambrinus on Beer Barrel 155   Early Germans 156   “Poachers in the Herder’s Hut” 157   Early Germans 158   “Poachers in the Herder’s Hut” 159   Three Young Men 161   Councilman 162   “The Hostile Brothers” 163   “Guta Recognizes King Richard” 164   “Lindenwirtin” 165   “Farewell” 166   “Tyrolean in the Herder’s Hut” 168   “Lindenwirtin” 170   Gnomes Drinking 171   Gnomes Playing and Drinking 172   Gnomes Drinking 176   Bowler 177   Bowling Scene 178   Gymnastics Symbols 179   “Lindenwirtin” 180   Three Young Men 181   Courting Couple 182   Hunter and Woman 185   “Norman Voyage” 186   Courting Couple 187   Forest Warden 188   “In May” 189   Early Germans 190   Springtime Scene 192   “The First Kiss” 193   Courting Couple 194   Hunter and Woman 195   “Lindenwirtin” 196   Couple Drinking at Table 199   Bowling Scene 201   Woman with Two Suitors 208   Scrollwork with Saying 224   Five Medieval German Kings 227   Tavern Scene 232   Child with Stein 234   Doctor Advising Drinker 235   High-Wheel Bicycler 236   Musical Cherubs with Toast 238   Renaissance Portraits 241   Four Seasons 243   Trumpeter of Säckingen 248   Cherubs Kissing 249   Rococo Dancers 250   Lovers 256   Scrollwork Shields 259   Cherubs Kissing 260   Lovers 262   Barmaid 270   Renaissance Couple 271   Mandolin Serenade 274   Landsknecht Raising Goblet 277   Renaissance Drinker 280   Bowling and Drinking 281   Girl with Cat 282   Various Subjects 284   Boston State House 284   Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 285   Tavern Reckoning 286   Army Reservist Souvenir 287   Lovers 288   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 298   Munich Child 299   Various Subjects 300   Various Subjects 305   High-Wheel Bicycling Mishap 306   Lovers 308   Mephisto 311   Gymnastics Symbols 313   Girl with Cat 314   Lions with Shield 315   Soccer Ball 316   Lovers 317   Lute Player 318   Landsknechte Drinking 320   Drinker and Barmaid 326   Mythical Creatures 329   Hops Vines with Saying 333   Tavern Scene 334   Hunter and Two Women 334   Tavern Scene 337   Crest and Renaissance Noblemen 338   Card Players 342   Tavern Scene 343   Tavern Scene 344   Tavern Scene 345   Renaissance Portrait 346   Beer Tasting 347   Beer Tasting 349   Tavern Scene 351   Renaissance Patricians 355   Four Portraits 357   St. Hubertus 359   Renaissance Couples Drinking 361   Renaissance Couple and Children 364   “The Old Germans” 366   Troubadour Raising Goblet 374   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 383   Various Subjects 394   Renaissance Drinkers 398   Trumpet Serenade 399   Drinker and Barmaid 401   Farewell Scene 402   “Lindenwirtin” 404   Couple Feeding Child 406   Tavern Scene 409   Various Subjects 414   Hunter’s Tales 415   Man and Woman 418   Hunter and Two Women 419   Hunting Scene 420   Hunting Scene 420A   “Women’s Band” 421   Knight and Wood Nymph 421   Gnomes with Saying 422   Knight and Wood Nymph 424   Drinker and Barmaid 425   “Women’s Band” 427   “The Good Friends” 428   Lohengrin and Elsa 428   Lovers 429   Woman Lighting Man’s Pipe 429   “The Village Politician” 430   Beer Tasting 430   “Lohengrin and Elsa” 431   “The Surprise” 432   “Lindenwirtin” 432   Tavern Scene 433   “The Shepherd’s Love” 435   Lovers 437   Various Subjects 438   Bowling Scene 439   Woman and Hiker 449   Bowling Scene 450   Lovers 451   Woman Lighting Man’s Pipe 453   Dragons with Toast 454   Various Subjects 455   Various Subjects 456   Tyrolean Couple 457   Landsknechte Drinking 458   Tyrolean Couple 459   “Tannhäuser” 460   Woman with Two Suitors 461   “Farewell” 463   Various Subjects 464   Lovers 467   Cherub 468   Flirting Scene 469   “The Old Germans” 472   Hunter with Puppies 473   Drinkers and Watchman 474   Woman with Mandolin Raising Stein 479   “The Shepherd’s Love” 494   Tyrolean Couple 500   Hunting Scene 501   “The Lovelorn Court Jester” 506   Knight Departing 507   Rococo Women 510   Summer Gathering 513   “In the Forest” 517   Landsknechte 518   Zither Player and Women 520   “A Rehearsal” 521   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 522   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 524   “A Rehearsal” 525   “Rehearsal” 526   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 527   Courting Scene 528   “Farewell” 529   Tavern Scene 530   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 532   Flirting Scene 534   Tyrolean Domestic Scene 543   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 547   Farewell Scene 548   Hunters with Fox 550   “Die Lindenwirtin” 554   Scene at a Well 556   Drinker and Two Women 558   Flirting Scene 562   Lovers 575   Courting Couples 576   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 577   Flirting Scene 578   Flirting Scene 582   “The First Kiss” 583   “Farewell” 585   Various Subjects 598   Children Acting as Adults 599   Zither Player and Woman 600   Tavern Musician 601   Images from German Literature and Song 602   “The First Kiss” 604   “Farewell” 605   “Farewell” 606   “Farewell” 608   “Schuhplattler” 609   Flirting Scene 610   Tavern Musician 613   Courting Couple 618   Zither Player and Women 620   “The First Kiss” 621   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 622   Lovers 624   Procession to the Tavern 625   Gambrinus Raising Chalice 627   St Hubertus 632   Outdoor Drinking Scene 633   Gambrinus Raising Chalice 634   Tyroleans at Home 635   “The Hunter’s Homecoming” 637   Scene at a Well 638   Flirting Scene 639   “Die Lindenwirtin” 639   Tyrolean Dancers 640   Flirting Scene 650   Renaissance Drinker 654   Tavern Scene 656   Gymnastics Symbols 658   Courting Couple 659   Tyrolean Dancers 660   Tavern Scene 662   Fire Brigade 664   Tavern Scene 665   Beer Garden Scene 667   “The Happy Musicians” 671   “The Pursuit of Happiness” 676   Gambrinus Raising Chalice 687   Procession to the Tavern 688   Renaissance Drinker 691   Sunday Hunters 699   Elk in Forest 700   Outdoor Drinking Scene 706   Farewell Scene 707   Hunting Scene 708   Four Seasons 715   Bowling Scene 716   Troubadour and Women 718   Various Subjects 719   Outdoor Drinking Scene 720   Munich Child 723   Hunting Scene 724   Courting Scene 727   “Little Red Riding Hood” 733   Tyrolean Domestic Scene 734   Outdoor Drinking Scene 736   Flirting Scene 737   Courting Couple 738   Women with Saying 739   Horses and Riders 740   Owl 742   Outdoor Drinking Scene 743   Gambrinus Drinking 746   “The Hunter’s Edelweiss” 750   Tyrolean Dancers 751   Outdoor Drinking Scene 752   Woman with Ornate Headband 755   Boy and Girl 756   Art Nouveau Female Portrait 757   Happy Radish 758   Ancient Couple 759   “The Bride of Rheinstein” 761   Flirting Scene 764   Ancient Dancers 765   Woman’s Head with Saying 767   Festive Outdoor Scene 768   Outdoor Gathering 769   Playing Cards 771   “Farewell” 772   Tavern Scene 775   Children Playing 776   “Virgin of Drachenfels” 777   Flirting Scene 778   Tyrolean Dancers 780   “Farewell” 784   Woman with Ornate Headband 789   “The Long Awaited Letter” 791   Bardolph and Falstaff 797   Hunters 798   Tyrolean Dancers 800   “Hermann the German” 803   Woman and Hiker 804   “Futile Effort” 806   Three Rhine Legends 812   Flirting Scene 813   Art Nouveau Female Portrait 814   Heidelberg 819   Hunters 820   “Heidelberg” 821   Tavern Scene 822   Renaissance Couple 824   Army Reservist Souvenir 825   Frog 826   Pig 827   Hunter Fox 828   Monkey with Top Hat 831   Ram 832   Rooster with Alarm Clock 833   Monkey 834   Woman’s Head with Flower 836   Hunter Frog 837   Military Monkey 838   Student Fox 839   Duck 840   Forest Rangers with Poacher 842   Germans and Romans 843   Tavern Scene 845   Courting Couple 846   Forest Rangers with Poacher 848   Munich Child Giving Beer to Baby 849   Frog 850   Hunter and Two Women 854   Kissing Couple 856   Festive Outdoor Scene 857   Gymnastics Symbols 858   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 866   Zither Player and Woman 868   Tavern Scene 869   Tyrolean Couple 870   “Trumpeter of Säckingen” 871   Peasant Dance 872   Tyrolean Dancers and Tavern Scenes 874   Gymnastics Symbols 877   Bowling Scenes 881   “Happy Drinkers” 883   Tavern Scene 885   Festive Outdoor Scene 886   Tyrolean Couple 887   Woman and Knight 888   Courting Couple 889   “Visit to the Alpine Meadow” 891   “Herman the German” 893   Lovers 894   Hunter and Two Women 896   “In the Mountain Tavern” 897   Festive Outdoor Scene 898   Three Drinkers 900   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 901   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 904   Ancient Dancers 905   Tavern Scene 906   “Poachers in the Herder’s Hut” 908   Woman Drinking 913   Tyrolean Dancers 914   Woman with Ornate Headband 917   Tavern Scene 918   Tyrolean Dancers 920   Four Sports 923   Practical Joke 924   Tavern Scene 925   Three Biedermeier Women 926   Knight and Landsknecht Drinking 928   Tyrolean Dancers 929   Nuremberg Castle 930   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 931   Woman with Painter’s Pallet 932   Woman with Flowers 934   Gnomes Drinking 937   Tavern Scene 938   Drinkers Through the Ages 939   Woman with Flowers 940   “Agnes von Staufen in the Palatinate” 941   “Craps Game” 942   Knight and Squire 945   Germans and Romans 946   Hunting Scene 947   Three Young Men 950   Ancient Germans Drinking 952   “Loreley Rock” 953   “Virgin of Drachenfels” 954   “The Knight’s Departure” 960   Tavern Musician 961   Tavern Scene 962   Tavern Scene 963   Gambrinus Raising Chalice 964   Gambrinus Raising Chalice 965   Hunting Scene 966   “Wilhelm Tell” 968   Tyrolean Dancers 969   Flirting Scene 974   Dutch Children 979   “Farewell” 980   Three Young Men 986   Bicyclers 997   “Bardolph and Falstaff” 998   Woman at Bar 999   Trumpeter of Säckingen 1000   Ancient Battle Scene 1004   “Poachers in the Herder’s Hut” 1005   “In May” 1006   Tyrolean Couple 1007   “Good Lessons” 1008   “The Warrior’s Homecoming” 1009   Tavern Scene 1010   Throne Room Scene 1011   “Merry People” 1012   Early Germans Drinking 1014   Drunken Knight 1015   Tyrolean Couple 1016   Gnomes Drinking in Tree 1017   Medieval Feast 1018   Flirting Scene 1019   “Romans and Germans” 1020   Courting Couple 1021   “Germans and Romans” 1022   Early Germans Drinking 1023   Tyrolean Dancer and Friends 1024   Drunken Knight 1025   Dancer and Two Women 1026   Outdoor Drinking Scene 1027   Farewell Scene 1028   Germans and Romans 1029   Zither Player and Women 1030   “Craps Game” 1031   “Rodenstein at the Stag Tavern” 1032   Hunting Scene 1033   Roman Couple 1034   Men Debating 1035   Poachers in the Herder’s Hut 1036   “Girl and Boy” 1037   Beer Garden Scene 1038   “The Wine Tasting” 1039   Lovers 1040   Drinking Scene 1041   Landsknechte and Women 1043   Gnomes Drinking 1044   Gnomes Drinking 1045   Barmaid and Drunken Man 1046   “The Gnome Festival” 1047   “Good Friendship” 1048   Strolling Couple 1050   Woman in Heart 1051   “Tyrolean Blood” 1053   Gnomes Drinking 1054   Tyrolean Couple 1055   Tyrolean Domestic Scene 1056   Beer Garden Scene 1057   Tavern Scene 1058   Tavern Scene 1059   Musician and Dancer 1060   “Meadow Rose” 1061   “In the Herder’s Hut” 1062   “Lindenwirtin” 1063   Hunter 1064   Hunters and Woman 1065   “A Question of the Heart” 1066   Early Germans 1067   Drinker Raising Stein 1068   “In the Realm of Sounds” 1069   Drinker and Beer Barrel 1070   Flirting Scene 1071   “The Thirsty Knight” 1072   Tavern Scene 1073   “Good Entertainmement” 1074   “The Tower Keeper’s Daughter” 1075   “Chatting” 1076   Castle 1077   Tyrolean Couple 1078   Tavern Scene 1079   Tyrolean Family Scene 1081   “Faithful Eckart” 1082   Landsknechte Toasting 1083   Shooting Meet 1084   Blacksmith and Soldier Drinking 1084A   Blacksmith and Soldier Drinking 1085   Tyrolean Picnic 1086   Finger Wrestling 1087   Bowler 1088   Knight Attacking a Tavern Owner 1088A   Knight Attacking a Tavern Owner 1089   Soldiers Drinking 1090   Courting Couple 1093   “Cheerful Mood” 1094   “At the Well” 1095   Strolling Couple 1096   Hunter with Wife and Child 1097   “Meadow Rose” 1099   “The Eavesdropper” 1100   Tyrolean Couple 1101   Hunter and Woman 1102   Hunter 1104   Gambrinus 1107   Tavern Scene 1108   Hunter and Woman 1109   Flirting Scene 1110   Gymnastics Symbols 1111   Elk in Forest 1112   Outdoor Drinking Scene 1113   Flirting Scene 1114   “The Proud Farmer” 1115   “The Story Hour” 1116   Tyroleans Outdoors 1116   Lute Player and Women 1117   Tyrolean Muscians and Dancers 1120   Flute Player and Woman 1122   Flirting Scene 1123   Tavern Scene 1124   Forest Rangers with Poacher 1125   “On the Rhine” 1126   “Between Two Fires” 1127   Hunter 1128   Tavern Scene 1129   Landsknecht with Battle-ax 1130   Three Drinkers 1134   Landsknecht Approaching Tavern 1136   Zither Player and Dancers 1139   Bowling Pins 1140   Bowling Pin 1146   “Farewell” 1147   Hunter 1148   Renaissance Hunter 1151   Gnomes Drinking 1160   “Coming Home from the Gnomes’ Party” 1162   Farewell Scene 1164   “He Has to Wake Up” 1165   Early German Warrior 1169   Hunter with Dogs 1170   Hunter and Woman 1171   “Cheerful Society” 1173   “Kriemhilde Bids Farewell to Her Brothers” 1175   “Lindenwirtin” 1177   Rembrandt and Saskia 1181   “Farewell” 1183   Dancer and Two Women 1185   Tavern Keeper 1186   Before the Hunt 1187   “Parting from the Young Woman” 1189   Drinker and Woman with Mandolin 1190   “Chess Game” 1194   Early Germans 1195   Naked Boy 1197   “Goethe & Schiller” 1198   Drinking Monkeys 1199   Monkeys 1200   Tavern Scene 1207   German Composers 1211   Bowler 1212   “Falstaff” 1213   “The Village Beauties” 1214   Hunter’s Farewell 1215   Two Men in a Boat 1217   Gamblers 1218   Hunters 1222   Bowling Pins 1223   Courting Couple 1224   “Brunhilde and Siegfried” 1225   Courtly Drinkers 1226   “Lawn Tennis” 1227   Exercise Weight 1230   Landsknecht and Woman 1231   Tyrolean Couple 1232   Hot Air Balloon 1233   “Before the Hunt” 1234   Lute Player and Women 1235   Acorn 1236   “The Hunter’s Love” 1237   Trrolean Couple 1240   Soldier’s Homecoming 1241   Tavern Musicians 1243   “Tristan and Isolde” 1245   Herring 1246   “A Duet” 1247   “Card Game” 1249   Drunken Hunters 1250   “An Old Song” 1253   Tavern Scene 1254   “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1256   “Healthy Together” 1257   Traveling Journeymen 1258   “In the Realm of Sounds” 1259   “The Successful Card Trick” 1260   Hunter’s Farewell 1261   “In the Herder’s Hut” 1262   “Gnome Festival” 1264   “Young Siegfried Slays the Dragon” 1265   Playing Cards 1266   Bowling Pins 1268   Two Children 1269   “Little Red Riding Hood” 1271   Courting Couple 1272   Tyrolean Couple Walking 1273   “The Shepherd’s Love” 1274   Courting Couple 1275   “The Surprise” 1276   “Teasing” 1277   “Before the Decision” 1279   Forest Rangers with Poacher 1282   St. George Slays the Dragon 1283   Boatman and the Loreley 1285   “Happy Drinkers” 1288   Guitar Player and Students 1291   Mill Scene 1294   Tyrolean Couple 1298   Hunting Scene 1308   Gnomes Drinking 1313   Soccer Game 1357   Art Nouveau Design 1394   Art Nouveau Design 1400   Art Nouveau Design 1579   Tavern Scenes 1581   “Pageant of King Gambrinus” 1649   Tavern Scene 1659   Soccer Game 1666   Bicycler 1691   “The Trumpeter of Säckingen” 1796   Tyrolean Friends 1846   Forest Rangers with Poacher 1862   Hunters and Woman 1865   Man with Pipe and Stein 1905   Lovers 1959   Tavern Musician 2005   Munich Child 2006   Munich Child 2008   Dancer and Two Women 2009   Dancer and Two Women 2023   Courting Couple 2031   “The Tower Keeper’s Daughter” 2034   Couple in Rose Arbor 2048   Tavern Scene 2050   Renaissance Banquet 2071   Flirting Scene 2634   Skull 5048   Army Reservist Souvenir

Unnumbered

(X2)   Washington, D.C. Souvenir (X3)   Early Germans Drinking (X4)   “Saying Farewell Hurts” (X5)   Hunter Smoking and Drinking (X6)   Nun with Pretzel and White Radishes (X7)   Siegfried and Brunhilde (X8)   “A Delicate Question” (X9)   “Rip Van Winkle” (X10)   San Francisco Souvenir (X11)   “Teutonic Wedding” (X12)   Tyrolean Couple (X13)   Springtime Scene (X14)   August Lang & Co. Souvenir (X15)   “Sepp and His Sweetheart” (X16)   Renaissance Couples (X17)   Tavern Scene (X18)   “The Hunter’s Homecoming” (X19)   Drinking Soldier and Woman (X20)   “Bardolph and Falstaff” (X21)   Flirting Scene (X22)   “The Courtship” (X23)   Tower with Strolling Couple (X24)   Gnomes Making Wine (X25)   Dog Balanced on Stein (X26)   “A Labor of Love” (X27)   “Flirting” (X28)   Renaissance Figures (X29)   Beer Garden Scene (X30)   “Merry People” (X31)   “Fox Hunt” (X32)   Monk (X34)   Biedermeier Couple (X35)   “The First Kiss” (X36)   Flirting Scene (X37)   Werner and Margaretha (X38)   “The Farewell” (X39)   Art Nouveau Female Portrait (X40)   Germans and Romans (X41)   Kissing Couple (X42)   Child Entering Row Boat (X43)   “The Bride of Rheinstein” (X44)   Tavern Scene (X45)   Guitar Serenade (X46)   “Enjoy Life” (X47)   Zither Player and Women (X48)   Tavern Scene (X49)   Courting Couple (X50)   “Poachers in the Herder’s Hut” (X51)   Courting Couple (X52)   Tyrolean Man and Woman (X53)   Tyrolean Entertainer (X54)   Man Drinking from Beer Barrels (X55)   “Cheerful Company” (X56)   Hofbräu Drinker (X57)   Hunter Carrying Roe Buck (X58)   Bowling Symbols (X59)   Floral Scrollwork (X60)   Courting Couple (X61)   Tavern Musicians