Ernst Karras, Jun. / Karras Schirme (Inhaber Hans Herz)
Leipzigerstraße 4, Halle an der Saale. Saxony-Anhalt.
Ernst Karras, Drechslermeister. Meerschaumwaren- Stock- und Pfeifenlager. Inhaber Firma Ernst Karras Junior /
Ernst Karras, Master Turner. Stock of Sepiolite / Meerschaum walking sticks and Sepiolite / Meerschaum pipes. Proprietor of the company is "Ernst Karras Junior"
The company later became Karras Schirme / Karras Umbrellas of which the proprietor was Hans Herz.
By 1941 Karras was sharing the premises with Most, a chocolate and sweets chain store.
Known dates: 1888 to at least 1950.
Purchased stein bodies from: ?
Reference:
Artist's signature on featured student stein lid, dated Summer Semester 1911.
Artist's magnified signature on featured student stein lid, dated Summer Semester 1911. . 
Porcelain insert on glass stein, depicting VDSt Halle Wittenberg. "V.D.St. sei´s Panier - Robora virorum nutabant stabat juventus!" 
Artist's signature on student stein lid, dated Winter Semester 1889/90. 