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<p>[QUOTE="Justbrowsing, post: 347531, member: 7175"]I just got some more info on it. That stein was bought in 1948 by someone in the family, although it was supposedly used & not new.</p><p><br /></p><p>It cracked at some point in ownership by the family (nobody takes claim for that) and was fixed by glue, which was so good I couldn't see the crack before I knew, and still can't. The bottom of it only has the word Germany etched in, there's nothing else on it to identify it sadly.</p><p><br /></p><p>My father kind of shrugged it off as being something that is cool but probably not of value. So I asked him if the crack was fixed theoretically could someone drink out of it? He said yes so of course I had to ask well could I drink out of it and he goes why not! I know what I'm doing with my weekend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />kidding. I'll be cleaning up this basement, lol.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i64.tinypic.com/2iw0c9v.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Then my father was telling me about the 700 camera, and how my grandfather used to be able to copy photos before it was done in the average household. Not five minutes later I find this box. The camera has a companion! It looks in great working order.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justbrowsing, post: 347531, member: 7175"]I just got some more info on it. That stein was bought in 1948 by someone in the family, although it was supposedly used & not new. It cracked at some point in ownership by the family (nobody takes claim for that) and was fixed by glue, which was so good I couldn't see the crack before I knew, and still can't. The bottom of it only has the word Germany etched in, there's nothing else on it to identify it sadly. My father kind of shrugged it off as being something that is cool but probably not of value. So I asked him if the crack was fixed theoretically could someone drink out of it? He said yes so of course I had to ask well could I drink out of it and he goes why not! I know what I'm doing with my weekend :happy: :angelic:kidding. I'll be cleaning up this basement, lol. [IMG]http://i64.tinypic.com/2iw0c9v.jpg[/IMG] Then my father was telling me about the 700 camera, and how my grandfather used to be able to copy photos before it was done in the average household. Not five minutes later I find this box. The camera has a companion! It looks in great working order.[/QUOTE]
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