Student Beer Stein, Landsmannschaft Hamburgia, Glass with Pewter Lid, circa 1900
Glass with pewter lid and pewter mounts. Cylindrical glass stein with continuous olive cut decoration (vertical oval cut depressions) on the exterior. The flat pewter lid features a cast relief of a student in academic dress with a coloured cap and fencing sabre; beside it a barely legible engraving beginning with "Im Auftrag meines C.C. erlaube ich mir …" (C.C. = Chargierten-Convent, the executive committee of the fraternity). The inside of the lid bears the engraved Zirkel (fraternity cipher) of the Landsmannschaft Hamburgia and a dedication engraving reading "Fr. Matthaesius". In age-appropriate good condition, glass with signs of use, pewter with natural patina. 17 x 13 x 10 cm (HxWxD).
This stein is a dedication piece from the German student fraternity tradition. The inscription "Im Auftrag meines C.C. erlaube ich mir …" and the engraved Zirkel on the inside of the lid identify the stein as belonging to the Landsmannschaft Hamburgia. Hamburgia was founded on 16 July 1888 in Bonn as "Hamburger Tisch" and was a member of the Deutsche Landsmannschaft (D.L.). Its colours were red-white-blue, its motto "Scientia, amicitia, patria!". From the winter semester 1900/01 it adopted the name "Akademische Vereinigung Hamburgia" and from 1911 practised the Bestimmungsmensur as a fighting fraternity. In 1920 it was re-established in Cologne. The stein was presented on behalf of the Chargierten-Convent (C.C.) to a lady – "Fr. Matthaesius" (Miss or Mrs Matthaesius). Such dedication steins were customarily presented by fraternity members to women close to them, such as mothers, sisters, fiancees, or landladies, during the 19th century. Since Hamburgia was founded in 1888, the stein dates from the Bonn period of the fraternity, between 1888 and 1920.
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