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This "pseudo" logo is seldom seen, and is only found on HR steins produced by Gerz. Mike Wald said he had seen it only three times out of the thousands of steins he had examined. In the past ten years I've managed to either acquire, or have reported to me, a total of fourteen pieces, and one of those, is one of the pieces that Mike was already aware of. Most of the HR steins with the "type 4" logo, known to either Mike Wald or myself are pictured here. There are 17 in all, plus the #143 and #222 1/2 liter steins which have a hand etched logo. There is a 20th HR/Gerz stein, not pictured, that also has a hand etched logo. It is a model #239. These pieces are found with both flat, and recessed bottoms. None of the pieces I've seen are marked "Germany," or "Made in Germany." These pieces were made by Gerz in very small numbers, probably in the latter part of 1886.
Why are there so few pieces? I can think of two reasons. It is possible that when their clay supplies were cut off, Hauber & Reuther had unfilled orders on the books. To fill those orders, Hauber & Reuther may have had Gerz produce the required pieces from molds provided by HR. It is also possible that these were replacement pieces, to replenish a set, ordered after Hauber & Reuther was no longer able to produce steinzeug. Once the orders were filled Gerz no longer produced steins with the HR logo, but apparently continued to use some of the molds for their own purposes. Gerz produced HR steins fall into four catagories: 1) Those marked with the "type 4" HR logo, and a Gerz capacity mark. 2) Those marked with the hand inscribed HR logo, and a Gerz capacity mark. 3) Those with no marks except a Gerz capacity mark and an "HR. R.Z." stamped inside the lid, and 4) Those with the Gerz capacity mark, but with no identifying HR marks whatsoever, but still identifiable as known HR products. ~~~~~~~
This is our "type 8" capacity mark by Gerz, along with the Gerz small font model number (5mm), the "type 4," incised and the hand inscribed HR logos. ~~~~~~~ MOST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF HR MARKED GERZ PRODUCTION
~~~~~~~ During an exchange of letters in 1996 Mike Wald indicated to me that both of the following towers are found marked with the HR "type 4" logo. The first tower is 1/4 liter and the second one is 1/8 liter. The 1/2 liter versions of these towers are marked TW for Theodor Weisler of Nuremberg. The 1/2 liter Nuremberg tower is also found marked with the HR "type 1a" incised logo and the 1/4 liter tower is found with no markings except "Made in Germany" indicating that Gerz continued to produce it after 1887.
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While these steins have no logo, we know from their capacity marks that they were produced by Gerz, and we also know they are HRs from the "HR. R.Z." stamp inside their lids, one of which is illustrated below.
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However, I have one with an applied paper label that reads "Made in Germany," indicating to me at least, that while the stein was manufactered prior to 1887, it was sold for export after the 1887 marking law went into effect.
