[Moo] Fwd: a question about a beer stein

[Stacie Larson]

I didn't know Mercedes made steins.  ;)

The arms aren't bent, so it doesn't look like a triskelion (since I live in the land of the triskele now, it was my first thought).  Mostly, it just looks decorative to me, but I'm no expert.

Cecily




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From: Marcolo DelMare <marcolobronzethunder at gmail.com>
To: General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach <moo at lists.stierbach.org>; Akeru Thunder <akeruthunder at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:01:30 AM
Subject: [Moo] Fwd: a question about a beer stein


I sent this question a few moments ago and it bounced because for some reason I attached 4 copies of the jpeg image unintentionally. This mundane friend of mine Steve collects vintage and medieval beer steins. I don't have the knowlege to answer his quesiton with any certainty. It doesn't look religious to me but I thought perhaps somone in the Barony would know more about it. I looked at heraldry and found many 5, 6, 8 and even more pointed stars but could not find a 3 pointed star. Not being a herald it might be called something else and that's why I didn't find it listed under stars.
 
Marcolo
 
 
- is this 3 pointed star - religious symbol?
PS: THIS COPPER STEIN IS FROM BOHEMIA AND IS FROM THE 1800'S-- WAY BEFORE THE MODERN WIND POWER VAINES WERE MADE

Thanks in advance for whatever time you can spare.
 
 Steve
 
   
Stephen Lee Smith
 Stein Collectors International Member No. 0115, 


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