FOR sale IS THIS RARE AND IMPRESSIVE STEIN FROM THE LONG GONE \'TONY FAUST\'S RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE\', OF ST. LOUIS. I AM UNSURE OF THE EXACT AGE OF THE STEIN, HOWEVER, FAUST BEER WAS FIRST BREWED BY A/B IN 1884, AND THE RESTAURANT CLOSED IN 1916. I DON\'T KNOW IF THESE WERE OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE RESTAURANT, OR IF THEY WERE \'LIBERATED\' BY ADMIRING PATRONS. IT SEEMS TO ME, THOUGH, THAT IF THEY WERE SOLD THEY WOULD SHOW UP FOR SALE MUCH MORE OFTEN. THESE STEINS ARE MADE OF QUALITY, ALABASTER WHITE PORCELAIN, AND APPEAR TO BE ENTIRELY HAND-PAINTED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE \'MEPHISTOPHELES\' CHARACTER. THIS STEIN IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE WAS A SLIGHT BEND IN THE PEWTER RIM, NEAR THE THUMB LIFT. IT HAS SINCE BEEN PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED, AND NOW LOOKS PERFECT. YOU CAN SEE THE \'AFTER\' RESULTS IN THE LAST TWO PICS. THE STEIN HAS NO CRACKS, HAIRLINES, CHIPS OR STAINS. THE PEWTER BAND IS TIGHT AROUND THE HANDLE. THERE IS NO SIDE TO SIDE PLAY TO THE LID. THE PEWTER FITTINGS HAVE AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN PATINA, AND ARE FREE OF ANY BROWN, STICKY RESIDUE WHICH IS SO OFTEN SEEN ON THESE. THIS EXAMPLE FEATURES A LITHOPHANE WHICH DEPICTS A VERY DETAILED IMAGE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL MEN IN A TAVERN SETTING, SEATED AT A TABLE WITH MUGS OF BEER. THIS VARIATION DOES NOT HAVE TONY\'S PIC UNDER THE LID. THE STEIN IS 6\"IN. HIGH TO THE TOP OF THE LID, AND 7\"IN. TO THE TOP OF THE THUMB LIFT. THIS WILL BE VERY SECURELY PACKED, AND SHIPPED BY INSURED PRIORITY MAIL, WITH TRACKING. U.S. BUYERS ONLY PLEASE. FOR YOU HISTORY BUFFS, I HAVE INCLUDED MORE INFORMATION BELOW WHICH SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON THE FAUST/ANHEUSER-BUSCH RELATIONSHIP. THANK TONY FAUST WAS A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN 1853 AT AGE 17. IN THE EARLY 1860\'S HE OPENED A SMALL CAFE IN ST. LOUIS, AND, IN 1870 HE OPENED HIS RESTAURANT AND OYSTER HOUSE. THE PLACE SOON BECAME A MONSTER SUCCESS, AND WAS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST RESTAURANTS WEST OF DELMONICO\'S, IN NEW YORK CITY. AT SOME POINT, IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN, TONY MET ADOLPHUS BUSCH, AND THE TWO BECAME VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING, SINCE THEY HAD BOTH EMIGRATED FROM GERMANY WITH VERY LITTLE TO THEIR NAMES, AND BOTH HAD ACHIEVED OVERWHELMING SUCCESS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TRADES. BUSCH ATE LUNCH NEARLY EVERY DAY IN TONY\'S RESTAURANT. IN 1884 A/B BEGAN BREWING FAUST BEER FOR TONY\'S RESTAURANT. IT WAS SERVED AT THE 1904 ST. LOUIS WORLD\'S FAIR, AND WAS SUCH A HIT THAT A/B SOON BEGAN SHIPPING IT TO LARGER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE \'MEPHISTOPHELES\', (DEVIL), CHARACTER ON THE FRONT OF THE STEIN IS A SLY PLAY ON TONY\'S LAST NAME. AT THE TIME THESE STEINS WERE PRODUCED, THERE WAS A HUGELY POPULAR PLAY IN THE COUNTRY, CO-INCIDENTALLY TITLED, \'FAUST\', IN WHICH \'MEPHISTOPHELES\' WAS A MAIN CHARACTER. IN 1888 TONY\'S RESTAURANT BECAME THE FIRST LOCAL BUSINESS WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS. IN 1897 TONY\'S SON, EDWARD, MARRIED ANNA BUSCH, DAUGHTER OF ADOLPHUS. IN 1902, TONY RETIRED TO GERMANY, AND GAVE THE RESTAURANT TO HIS SON, ANTHONY R. FAUST. IN 1911, ANTHONY R. WAS COMMITTED TO AN INSANE ASYLUM, WHERE HE DIED, IN 1914. TONY FAUST DIED IN GERMANY IN 1908, WHERE HE HAD BEEN TRAVELING WITH ADOLPHUS BUSCH. HE HAD SUCCUMBED TO INJURIES SUSTAINED WHEN HE JUMPED FROM AN OUT OF CONTROL CARRIAGE. HE WAS 70. ADOLPHUS PASSED AWAY IN 1913 AT AGE 74. FAUST\'S RESTAURANT CLOSED IN 1916, AND THE BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1933. THE SITE IS NOW PART OF A PARKING GARAGE FOR A SPORTS STADIUM.

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