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Lemp Glasses

If you're going to serve a fancy beer you have to use a fancy glass!  Like many brewers at the time, Lemp reinforced the brand name recognition within the marketplace with glasses (usually given away to restaurants, hotels, taverns, etc.) bearing the Lemp name and logo.


Prior to the manufacture of paper cups, shell glasses were produced as throw-away drinkware.  Their thin construction and and small size made practically impossible to wash without damaging the glass.  Consequently they were typically used once by a customer and thrown away.


Three variations of Lemp 'Gemutlichkeit' shell glasses; 4-1/2", 4-1/8", and 3-3/4" heights; circa 1900.

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Lemp St. Louis shell glass with etching only on one side; 4" tall; dated 1900.



Lemp St. Louis 'waisted' shell glass advertising their Standard, Pale, and Culmbacher brands; 4-3/4" tall; circa 1890.


Glass goblet with "W. J. Lemp's" embossing on one side; 7" tall; circa 1892.



Glass goblet with Lemp St. Louis shield logo; 5-1/2" tall; circa 1910.

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Lemp St. Louis shell glass with shield logo on one side and Spanish, french, and German slogans on the other side; 4" tall; dated 1900.


Regular-shaped Lemp St. Louis shell glass advertising Standard, Pale, and Culmbacher brands; 4-1/2" tall; circa 1890.



Embossed pilsner glass with "W. J. Lemp" on one side; 7-1/4" tall; circa 1892.


Shell glass with Lemp St. Louis logo etched on one side; 4-3/4" tall; circa 1910.

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