Brunnenstraße 8, Grenzhausen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia. (now Höhr-Grenzhausen, Rhineland Palatinate).
Steinzeugfabrik sowie Kohlenhandlung / Stoneware manufacturer as well as being a coal merchant.
Karl Merkelbach founded the company in 1864. Then it became Karl Merkelbach III Inhaber Julian Merkelbach from circa 1922 & finally,
Schilz K.G. from 1952 to the current day.
Became (Joseph) Schilz K.G. through marriage.
Reference: Schilz Westerwald Adressbuch
1.5 Litre stein c/w Bavarian romboid patterns. 
Impressed mark on featured stein above, dated from 1952.
Cast pewter mark possibly circa 1935. 
Impressed mark, dated 1952 - 1990. 
Modern capacity mark and manufacturer's mark 
Another variation, undated. 
Oktoberfest 2011 Wiesn Wirtekrug, showing the "Schützenliesl" or Target Girl. 
Capacity mark and manufacturer's mark on above featured stein. 
Tita Gronemeyer of Kazmairstraße 41, Munich, designed the motifs of the 2009 and 2011 Oktoberfest Wiesn Wirtekruge and their accompanying brochures.
Tita Gronemeyer of Kazmairstraße 41, Munich, designed the motifs of the 2009 and 2011 Oktoberfest Wiesn Wirtekruge and their accompanying brochures. 
Post 1952 mark. 
Post 1952 !/2 litre Hof Brau House stein. 
Base of Hof Brau House stein, above. 
Magnification of basemark above. 
Magnification of basemark above. 