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Crusader's Stein
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Crusader's Stein
Stoneware, raised-relief and applied decoration.
A pewter relief five-panel mural of Leaders of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Crusades wraps around the entire stein's black glazed stoneware body. They are from left to right: 1) Count Bonifaz von Montgerrat -- 4th Crusade 1202-1204; 2) Emperor Freidrich I -- 3rd Crusade 1189-1192; 3) Duke Gottfried von Boullion -- 1st Crusade 1096-1099; 4) King Konrad III -- 2nd Crusade 1147-1149; and 5) Emperor Friedrich II -- 5th Crusade 1228-1229. On top of the ornate pewter lid is a pewter figurine if King Konrad III.
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