Extreme Confusion.

[MarcK]

I went into my room and saw the old box that's been sitting in my closet ever since my brother left the room. It was screwed shut so I never really cared to look inside of it, but I was bored today and needed something to keep my mind entertained. I peeked into the crack of the box and saw several shapes of what looks like some ceramic designs on a container. I immediately think "my brother's old bong." I am intrigued though because why would he screw a box shut to only contain a bong? So I go upstairs and get the screwdriver, come back, screw off all the screws on the box and opened it. If I had a century to guess I would have never guessed what was in there. For some fucking reason 7 antique german mugs have been shut away in a box in my closet for 8 years. I say 8 years because the mugs have newspaper padding that all dates from 2002. I thought if I looked up the newspaper kind it would answer that maybe this is form new orleans where my sister got some mugs and forgot here after she moved back from louisiana. That would piece it together except it's from the star ledger, an extremely widely circulated newspaper that is based in newark new jersey. I'm yet to ask my parents or sister about the mugs because playing detective is just much more entertaining use of my time.

I translated and googled all of the passages on all of the mugs and nothing comes up. If you guys would know anything about these it would be wonderful.

Mugs:
I tried taking pics but I have an uncooperative camera that doesn't render what I can just tell you. Sorry if it's too long of a read.

1. Curvy beige flower patterns on a navy blue background border a scene of a boy and girl looking at eachother. The boy holds a large pint of beer that reads what looks like "prosit" translated "toast". I thought it would be "opposit" or "opposite" with the O out of the picture but opposit actually means gegenüber in german. The girl  holds either a pie or an empty pan. They're both wearing classic baggy german children's wear. They look a bit like hansel and gretel. except with uglier faces.

2. This is probably the most interesting one. The top of the mug has a colored circular print of a deer defending itself against 2 attacking dogs in what looks like a bringt summery foresty plain setting. The rest of the mug is entirely clay colored and features 3 portraits:
-The first has the title "Gambrin" under it and features a kingly dressed bearded man sitting on a wooden beer keg holding up a pint. There is a quote on ribbons im german: "es lebe hoch, es leb mit dank" or in english "it lives high, it lives with thanks". This one is on opposite sides to the mug handle.
-second to the left of the mug handle is a boy with a maple leafy crown and a leafy rod held away from him, very loosely robed like a greek (you can see like half of his ass as he's sitting almost facing you). Above him is a long quote illegible from age.
-The third is to the right of the handle. A greek looking woman, half naked, concealing her brests with her arms holding a bag of wheat and has wheat in her hair. also having a long illegible quote above her.
All of the portraits have very nice gothic gates around them for borders.

3. This looks old on the outside, but untouched on the inside, unlike all the others which have some amount of shit inside of them. There are 2 painted panels, one of them is entirely under the handle, only being a navy blue backgrunded beige flower pattern. The other side is a colored portrait of an old german town, labeled the name of a southern german mountain community, Berchtesgaden.

4. This one has a deep blue background and beige subjects that seem to have been affected by the blue. There are 3 portraits on the mug: a married couple, the man with a pint, arm on the wife's shoulder, the wife with folded hands looking at the husband. The husband stands next to a barrel, the wife stands next to wheat. The next portrait has a wheat and pineconed background and a foreground of tools that I can't really depict being hung by rope. The 3rd has the same background type as the last just arranged differently. It has a tall mug and something that looks like a very small butter churn roped up. The mug is clearly either dated or numbered 997.

5. This one has a portrait of the old ruins of Heidelberg Castle or as labeled in german "Heidelberger schloss". The color's extremely faded as I only see the clay beige and patches of green to color in the woodlands. Under the mug handle is the message "Alt Heidelberg. Du feine, du Stadt an ihren reich," translated "Old Heidelberg, you fine city on your passing." The quote is on ribbons with a navy blue background and has several plant life around it.

6. This is the most awesome one. It has 3 panels around the mug, the 1st two with signed passages and flowery illustrations, all with navy blue backgrounds. The two paneled passages are "Gott behuete uns vor Ungewitter" or "God preserves us from the thundertorm" and "Pest HUnger und Boese scweigermutter." or "Plagues of hunger and evil mother-in-law." The other panel is an illustration of a man forcing an old gross-looking woman into a crate by forcing his body onto the box top. The box reads "Vorsicht, schweigermuetter gefaehrlich beisst" or "caution, mother-in-law dangerously bites." The pictures are well colored, meaning the mug's either recent, well preserved, or never used due to men not wanting to be killed.

7. This has no color just like the 2nd one. It has a crest on it's top involving a helmet with 2 crossed axes behind it, a ladder running from top to bottom behind that setup, and on the sides, 2 leafed branches curving around. There are no words, but 3 pictures, all framed with arches covered in maple leaves. One of them is copied on the other side. It is 5 people. a man reading a bible aloud in greek looking robes, a young man on the right looking up at the sky, a book in his hands also,  and older bearded man in the back reading, a yound man on the left reading and looking at his book, and  a soldier-looking guy with a beard grabbing onto the first guy's robes. Ir looks like an old religious protest or something. The other portrait isstrange. it's a man holding up a pint with glee looking at it. his other hand is pouring out the contents of a keg onto pints with legs. There's a little boy no taller than the man's legs reaching for the pint.

Why did I type all this? Because I'm fucking bored and intrigued.

Tl;Dr: I found century to what looks like millenium-old german mugs in my closet and i'm confused by their presence and possible origin based off the content.

[creamcorn]

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[Dailyman]

man you are a little fool if you think i gon read all this

[funzop]

man you are a little fool if you think i gon read all this

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[DrRumack]

man you are a little fool if you think i gon read all this

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dailyman u always know just what to post

[The Good Ole Ant]

dailyman

100% gingerbread nigg0 every day of da week 0 8-)

[MarcK]

yeah, I'm mostly just really bored and felt like typing. I found it to be a nice typing. Likely because the mugs are all here. I'll try taking pics with a better camera.

[The Good Ole Ant]

too long didnt read ^^^^^