Mug
RetailerSold by
Starbucks Coffee Company
DesignerDesigned by
Jan Belson
MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1997-1999
MediumMold-formed stoneware with overglaze enamels in black, blue, red, green, yellow, and white
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handle x depth): 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4in. (10.8 x 14 x 10.2cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
DescriptionCylindrical, white, stoneware mug with printed overglaze enamels in black, blue, green, yellow, and white. The large mug has a small handle with blue bubble letters spelling "Connecticut". This same pattern is repeated circling the mug, with the words "Connecticut the 5th state born January 9, 1788" in a script-type font below. Several large shapes are printed in various colors around the mug. Beginning to the right of the handle, these shapes are a red DNA sequence, two green keys, a yellow female figure, a green mug, a blue television, a red football helmet, a yellow painter's palette and a mint green gavel. The shapes correspond to appropriate statements about Connecticut's history (see below). The logo for Starbucks is printed in black and white enamel over the shape of the green mug. The logo consists of a woman with flowing hair standing in front of a mountain, surrounded by a white circle, then the words "STARBUCKS COFFEE" then another white circle.
The following statements about Connecticut's history are printed in black enamel on the outside of the mug: "a Hartford born woman won the Nobel/ prize in medicine for discovering that/ genes can change their position in/ chromosomes";
"the Lock Museum of America/ has the nation's largest colection/ of locks, keys and ornate hardware"; "in 1975 Connecticut/ elected the first woman/ governor"; "Connecticut residents'/ best insurance policy/ for a good cup of coffee/ is Starbucks"; "the nation's first college football/ conference was formed in 1876/ by Harvard, Yale, Princeton and/ Columbia Universities"; "WNHC (now WTNH-TV) of/ New Haven, started in 1948,/ is the colest TV station in the state"; "Tapping Reeve House and/ Law School in LItchfield/ was the first Law School/ in the U.S."; "Wadsworth Atheneum/ in Hartford is America's/ oldest public art museum".
The following statements about Connecticut's history are printed in black enamel on the outside of the mug: "a Hartford born woman won the Nobel/ prize in medicine for discovering that/ genes can change their position in/ chromosomes";
"the Lock Museum of America/ has the nation's largest colection/ of locks, keys and ornate hardware"; "in 1975 Connecticut/ elected the first woman/ governor"; "Connecticut residents'/ best insurance policy/ for a good cup of coffee/ is Starbucks"; "the nation's first college football/ conference was formed in 1876/ by Harvard, Yale, Princeton and/ Columbia Universities"; "WNHC (now WTNH-TV) of/ New Haven, started in 1948,/ is the colest TV station in the state"; "Tapping Reeve House and/ Law School in LItchfield/ was the first Law School/ in the U.S."; "Wadsworth Atheneum/ in Hartford is America's/ oldest public art museum".
Object number1999.83.0
MarkingsThere is one lengthy mark printed in overglaze enamels on the bottom of the mug. The mark consists of a tan American flag with the following words superimposed in various-sized and styled fonts, "States of Bean/ designed exclusively for Starbucks Coffee Company/ by jan belson/ made in Thailand/ copyright 1997".Subject Terms
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