Avon Tall Ships Lidded Beer Stein, Handcrafted in Brazil 1978 Canadian Issue, Rope Handle and Pewter-Tone Lid
This is the Avon Tall Ships lidded beer stein, a tan ceramic stein with an antiqued brown wash, decorated in relief with full-rigged sailing ships, a harbor town, billowing clouds and gulls. A red and dark brown band with a twisted rope border rings the neck, the handle is shaped like twisted rope, and the foot band names ship types in white script (Bark, Staysail, ...headed Ketch). Its tall spire-shaped lid is pewter-tone metal with embossed scrolls. The base has a raised AVON and bilingual text: Handcrafted in Brazil exclusively for Avon Products, Ltd., 1978, the Canadian issue; US listings give 1977.
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One of Avon's collector steins
Avon sold a line of collector steins made by Ceramarte in Brazil starting in 1976. Tall Ships was among the first and most popular.
Tan stein with relief tall ships and a rope handle
The Avon Tall Ships stein is a lidded ceramic beer stein with a rounded, barrel-shaped body on a narrow foot, a straight collar at the top, a rope-twist handle and a hinged metal lid. Its ceramic is tan, a light sandy beige, with a brown antiqued wash rubbed into the recesses so the relief stands out, under a soft satin glaze. Inside, it is glazed plain white-gray.
The body is molded in relief all the way around with a harbor scene: two- and three-masted tall ships under full square sails with pennants at the mastheads, a waterfront town of buildings with rows of windows and pitched roofs, large rounded clouds and small gulls in flight. At the neck sits a twisted rope border over two bands, red (a brick red) above dark brown (a deep chocolate). At the foot are a matching rope border and a dark brown band with ship types lettered in white in an old-fashioned script, separated by small cross-shaped marks; the visible words include Bark, Staysail and ...headed Ketch. Even the handle is modeled as a thick twisted rope.
The lid is pewter-tone metal (dull silver gray) with a wide flat rim and a tall conical spire, embossed with bands of flowers and scrolls and ending in a point. A curved, decorated thumb lift joins a pinned hinge clamped to the top of the handle. Inside the lid is a recessed cup. On the base, a molded raised AVON in capitals sits near the top, with bilingual English and French text printed in black script below it, a stamped number reading C-36644 in gold-brown at the bottom, a small pale oval label, and a ring of green felt around the outer edge.
On this copy: not measured. The ceramic looks intact with no chips seen. Dull with white oxidation and grime inside, the metal lid has cobwebby debris caught at the hinge, and the green felt is fuzzy and dirty. Part of the C-36644 number is worn.
- Type: Lidded ceramic beer stein
- Material: Glazed ceramic body; pewter-tone metal lid and hinge; green felt on base
- Colors: Tan (sandy beige) with brown antiquing, red (brick red) and dark brown bands, pewter gray lid
- Relief scene: Tall ships under full sail, harbor town, clouds and gulls
- Bands: Twisted rope borders at neck and foot; ship names in white script on the foot band
- Handle: Twisted rope shape with metal hinge and thumb lift
- Lid: Tall spire with embossed flower and scroll bands
- Mark: Raised AVON; bilingual Handcrafted in Brazil text dated 1978; C-36644
- This copy: Not measured; no chips seen; dull, oxidized lid; dirty felt; worn stamped number
Foot band (partial, visible): ...headed Ketch Bark Staysail ... Base (raised): AVON Base (printed script): Handcrafted in Brazil exclusively for Avon Products, Ltd., 1978 Fait à la main au Brésil, exclusivement pour Les Produits Avon, Ltée 1978 Base (stamped): C-36644
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About the Avon Tall Ships Lidded Stein, 1978
Why does my Avon Tall Ships stein say 1978 and Avon Products, Ltd.?
The bilingual English and French text naming Avon Products, Ltd. and Les Produits Avon, Ltée points to the Canadian issue, which is dated 1978. US listings of the Tall Ships stein give 1977.
How do I identify the Avon Tall Ships stein?
Look for a tan stein with relief tall ships, a harbor town and gulls, a twisted rope handle, red and brown bands with rope borders, ship names such as Bark and Staysail on the foot band, a tall metal spire lid, and AVON with Handcrafted in Brazil on the base.
Where was the Avon Tall Ships stein made?
In Brazil, as printed on the base, exclusively for Avon.
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