This souvenir beer mug maps the island of Cyprus in gold and blue, inscribed "Cyprus — The Island of Venus" — made in Japan in the German stein style sometime in the 1980s. Golden lusterware rims that catch the light like the Mediterranean itself.
Condition: Vintage — used, very good condition. Some crazing on white areas; no chips or cracks. Please review all photos; all sales final.
It's a highly collectible find for the travel souvenir hunter, the mug enthusiast, or anyone with a personal connection to Cyprus or the Mediterranean.
The mug features a detailed map of Cyprus on one side, alongside the inscription "Cyprus — The Island of Venus," and an embossed castle surrounded by intricate blue shapes on the reverse. Cyprus was known in antiquity as the birthplace of Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, and has stood at the crossroads of Mediterranean civilizations for thousands of years. This mug captures a much more recent chapter of that history — the golden age of Mediterranean souvenir culture, when a trip abroad meant coming home with something exactly this charming.
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