pre-1990s gerz ger harvest oct fest beer lord preserve hops + malt mug/stein vtg

Description

the stein
i can find no issues. the mug is a celebration of the beer making process.i don't think a cup celebrating the actual chemistry of beer is very common. it is in gold and green. showing, yet, hops and malt. the cup reads, in german: «hopfen und malz gott erhalt's», which the googles tells me in english translates to «hops and malt, may the lord preserve it». it is by gerz pottery (you can read more about them below)
dimensions (you can get a sense of scale in the second-to-last image)
height is 5 3/4". the rim of the cup ever-so-slightly flairs inward. its outside diameter is 2 3/4". from the outer most part of the handle to the opposite rim is also 5 1/8".
marks (see last image)
[gerz maker's mark used after 1900]
gerz
germany
about gerz pottery
(from: theoldstuff)
the pottery of peter gerz ii was established in 1835. it was located in höhr at kirchstraße 1-3 (now töpferstraße). peter's son, simon peter gerz i joined the business in 1857. only five years later in 1862 it got government approval. the new name of the firm was gerz & söhne.
in 1873, philip jacob gerz (son of simon peter gerz I) took over the business. next owners since 1886 were sebastian maas and johann reitz. sebastian maas son had the same name as father. he was nicknamed jean. he restructered the company and renamed it in 1930 as gerz-krug- und steinzeugmanufaktur inhaber jean maas. his widow ran it until 1965.
the factory was relocated to sessenbach in 1966. After it went bankrupt in 1990s. a new company was formed in hillscheid.
a jug in a triangle is the most commonly recognized gerz factory mark. it was first introduced around 1900.
maker's and/or other marks
(see last image)
[gerz maker's mark used after 1900]
gerz
germany
dimensions
(you can get a sense of scale in the second-to-last image)
height is 5 3/4". the rim of the cup ever-so-slightly flairs inward. its outside diameter is 2 3/4". from the outer most part of the handle to the opposite rim is also 5 1/8".
condition
i can find no issues.
the fine print
the images serve as the majority of the listing description, so take a look at them closely.
shipping costs have really increased—this is calculated into the buy-it-now price.
i am not able to sell individual items from items i have listed as a group. i just don't have the stamina to create new listings for those. i apologize for that. i haven't initially individually listed items because i don't have enough listing slots to so.
trying to downsize some, though extremely melancholically.
shipping time: i otherwise work more than full time and my health isn't great, so kindly excuse the longer handling time. if i am able to ship sooner, i absolutely will do that
. i appreciate you taking the time to view my listing.