This listing is for M/R Marzi & Remy Knights & Horses Pewter German Beer Stein Numbered. M/R Marzi & Remy Knights & Horses Pewter German Collectible Beer Stein. No box. Officially stamped on bottom. Stands approximately 5” tall & 6.5" with lid & 3.25" wide at brim, 1.15 lbs Weight. Otherwise, excellent condition with no chips or cracks. Selling a huge Beer Stein Collection for the family! Will be listing well over 50 pieces! Many different styles, origins and themes. Some direct from Germany, others are American made. Will be adding as I can get through them! The firm of Marzi & Remy was founded in the Westerwald town of Höhr in 1879 by Anton Marzi and Simon Peter Remy. A beer stein (/ˈstaɪn/ STYNE), or simply stein, is either a traditional beer mug made out of stoneware or specifically an ornamental beer mug sold as a souvenir or collectible. An 1894 article on beer mugs in the American Vogue magazine that describes various types of steins stated: "And it is to this (i.e. German) nation that we owe Wagner's music and the apotheosis of the beer mug." Such steins may be made out of stoneware, pewter, porcelain or even silver, wood or crystal glass; they may have open tops or hinged pewter lids with a thumb-lever. Steins usually come in sizes of a half litre or a full litre (or comparable historic sizes). Like decorative tankards, they are often decorated in a nostalgic manner with allusions to Germany. The English word is attested from 1855. It is borrowed from German Stei