A couple of shelves from this years finds and mysterious tiny mug with scene ID help

[GoingDigging]

All late 1800's dump finds. Could the mug be a salesman sample? It looks like two people drinking beer on one side and on the other, one guy is passed out getting a beer dumped on his head by the winner of the presumed drinking contest? I would appreciate any information on the miniature mug. Thanks.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[Bass]

I think that's a pretty good guess and interpretation on the mug. You placed the bitter's exactly where it needs to be, front-center. Lol

 

[Goldenplug]

Amazing detail on such a small mug. Real artistry there. Very nice shelves gd. I'm jealous.

 

[Bellwoodboys]

Great finds!! Were all the Geyser Spring mineral waters found in the same place?

Also love the Quandt green picture blob!

 

[GaRebel1861]

That little mug is really cool!

 

[GoingDigging]

Thanks. Hard work as you all know. That mug made me laugh when I first found it and saw what it had on it. I'll never find another. It was on the bottom of the dump on the clay about 8 feet down. Hard to believe the handle was on and it is completely undamaged. If you passed out at a table drinking beer in the late 1800's, you could expect to have a mug of it dumped on you by other folks at the table. The Saratoga bottles were found in early Spring and were in the same general pocket. There were actually 9 that were found. Just ask Goldenplug.

 

[sunrunner]

the mug is a press mold , and was most likely just a nick nake .

 

[GoingDigging]

If it is a nick nack then I am ok with that. That is actually what I thought it was at first until somebody made me think it was a sample. Then I thought it was so small because people were so much shorter back then and was actually full size..... Regardless of whatever value it may have, it is in my permanent collection due to the fact that I most likely won't find another ever again.