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We would like to thank Steve Johnston and Die Lustigen SteinJäger von Wisconsin for this month's featured stein article. You can read this unusual write-up about this unusual stein by clicking on the image of the stein at the left, or on "Featured Stein" in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

The Webmaster's Challenge was answered this month because of a new author. This month starts year four of the challenge. Check the challenge to see a summary for the first three years and to see how your chapter is doing.

What's New ....................

Feb 1: Forty DVDs of past SCI convention lectures have been added to the SCI lending library.

Feb 1: Roy De Selms' Translations Illustrated has now passed the 200 mark. Check it out in the Reading Room.

Dec 7: A book on 19th Century German technical ceramic schools has been added to the SCI lending library

Dec 1: The Reading Room has undergone a major overhaul. The articles have been rearranged by subject matter to make them easier to find. One of the new categories is "Translation Aids", which has two new articles by Master Steinologist Roy De Selms. Also, the Les Hopper translations are now available to the public.

Nov 21: Stein manufacturers produced collectibles other than steins. Peter Willis shares his tobacco jar collection on our Show and Tell page.
Nov 1: Two Eckhardt & Engler catalogs are now available in the SCI Library which can be found in the Members Only section.

The interesting Dümler & Breiden stein shown to the right depicts the dress of German students over a 400 year period. To learn more about it, read Dave Lowry's article, Heil Studenten! in the current issue of Prosit. Click on the picture for a list of all the articles in the issue.

Featured in this issue are:

Photos from the Road
   by Ron Fox

Identifying Faience Steins
   Part 2: The Proskau Factory
   by William Hamer

Wingender Brothers
and the Indian King
   by Ron Fox

Souvenier Stein of the French Foreign Legion
   by Peter Meinlschmidt

Small Munich Child Steins by Diesinger              Heil Studenten!!
   by Arvid Frende                                                                  by Dave Lowry

Click on the picture of the cover for the entire list of contents for this issue.

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Prosit!

Since 1965, when SCI was founded, this quarterly journal has been a leading source of information for stein collectors, and has provided the basis for the stein collecting community. Over 5,000 pages of "steinformation" have been published to date.

Each issue is full of original articles of interest to stein collectors: unusual finds, artists, history, military pipe bowls, themes, marks and more.

The cover of the Current issue of Prosit is shown on the left. Click on the picture for a list of contents, along with the subscription rates, and instructions for subscribing.