TWISTED VINE HANDLES SIMPLIFIED
by
David Harr and John McGregor
(photos by David Harr and other sources)

There is a mis-conception held by many collectors that Matthias Girmscheid was the only factory to produce steins with "twisted vine " handles. So far we have recorded four other factories that also used them; J.W. Remy, Reinhold Hanke, Marzi-Remy and A. J. Thewalt. I hope this will help identify the proper factory.

This is another of those "urban legends" similar to the identitiy of the "TP" mark that refuse to go away.

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M. Girmscheid

M. Girmscheid

 


M. Girmscheid

M. Girmscheid

 


M. Girmscheid

J.W. Remy

 


J.W. Remy

J.W. Remy

 


Reinhold Hanke

Marzi-Remy

 


A. J. Thewalt
 
 

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