Also do I use this as a regular cup? I'm kinda scared to use this thing because I have no idea if hand painted things like this can get damaged or lose it's paint from washing. I used Google photo and seen a couple places selling this but not much info, pretty cool buy for $7.
by Aurey2244
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> really curious as to how this randomly got here
They are mainly sold to tourists. So probably some US tourist bought it here in Germany and took it back to US.
We don’t really use those things here in Germany to drink beer out of it.
On the subject of “How to use it”, I may want to add my suggestion of putting it on a shelf and having it collect dust. That’s the only way I’ve seen these being used so far. This is likely not representative of all of Germany, but eh… It’s my 2 cents.
It’s a tourist souvenir, nothing more. Notice the English on the base.
Beer mugs like this are designed to be put on display, not to be drunk out of. They’re based on fancy [decorated beer mugs presented to reservists on completion of their military duty](https://jp-militaria.de/WebRoot/Store21/Shops/c8160b69-739a-486c-b016-ca431d292e5b/605F/3061/F984/4C7A/AC18/0A48/352D/E246/20210326_202937.jpg): these were common in the 19th century, up to the early 20th century.
You do sometimes see [simple earthenware beer mugs](https://www.bavariashop.de/cdn/shop/files/premium-bierkrug-bayern-bavariashop-mei-lebensgfui-1.jpg?v=1687422226), and sometimes they may even have a lid fitted; but most Germans drink beer from glasses like everyone else.
It was likely made in China