Starbucks Charlotte mug: Discovery Series
The Charlotte mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets the city name in orange capitals over a dark green circle, with a knight's helmet, a golf bag, an airliner and a signpost of distances. A raft, a horse and carriage, a roller coaster and a fountain run round the other sides.
- Series
- Discovery Series
- Place
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Type
- Mug
- Released
- Not confirmed
- Capacity
- 14 fl ozstandard mug size
- SKU
- Not confirmed
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What's on the mug
- 1Lettering
CHARLOTTE in orange capitals over a dark green circle in the middle of the front. The last two letters, TE, run out of the circle onto the white.
- 2Knight's helmet and shield
A green knight's helmet with a curling orange plume sits at the top of the circle, next to a green and pink shield and a long striped lance with a pink pennant.
- 3Airliner
A green airliner with a pink tail and pink engines flies to the right above the lettering, trailing yellow streaks.
- 4Signpost of places
A wooden post near the handle carries arrow signs reading TEXAS 1,275, VERMONT 893, AUSTRALIA, FLORIDA 675 and MICHIGAN, each with a number. The numbers for Australia and Michigan are too small to read in the photo, and the mug gives no unit.
- 5Golf bag
A tall golf bag in green, yellow and pink stands at the left edge of the front, with clubs sticking out of the top.
- 6Bee in the clubs
A cartoon bee with big round eyes and a striped body peers out from the golf clubs, next to a green cat's head.
- 7Hedge arch and stairs
A round hedge arch with two small figures standing in it tops a pink and yellow striped staircase at the bottom of the circle, among leafy plants in pink, yellow and green.
- 8Rafters Side view
A group of people in helmets paddle a yellow raft through green rapids at the lower left of the side.
- 9Horse Side view
A horse with a red, orange and green patterned coat trots to the left, pulling a carriage behind it.
- 10Carriage with pinwheel wheels Side view
A small green carriage with a yellow and pink door is driven by a person in an orange coat, and its two wheels are drawn like colourful pinwheels.
- 11Fountain in a planter Side view
A tall yellow fountain spray rises from a shallow basin that sits on an orange pot with green leaves at the middle of the side.
- 12Park and skyline Side view
Green hills with autumn-coloured trees and a small skyline of towers sit behind the fountain, with a river running through the foreground.
- 13Large orange animal Side view
A big orange animal, which looks like a deer or an elk, walks out of the right edge of the side with pale yellow spots on its flank.
- 14Checkered flag and race car Side view
A black and white checkered flag stands beside a small yellow race car at the lower right of the side.
- 15Roller coaster Back view
A roller coaster with red, pink and yellow track and supports rises over a green park with trees and tiny people on the grass.
- 16Orange balls and bowl Back view
A flight of round orange balls flies up from a green bowl with white contents at the upper right of the back. The mug doesn't say what they are.
- 17Gold coins Back view
Two round gold coins with a small emblem on each lie below the roller coaster on the back.
- 18Starbucks name Back view
STARBUCKS is printed vertically in black capitals just beside the handle.
None of the three photos shows the bottom of the mug. The strip directly behind the handle is hidden, and the small emblem on each coin on the back is too small to read.
Collector notes
- The inside of the mug is a lime to mid green, visible in all three photos. The front photo shows the mug on a wooden shelf; the side and back photos are in front of a plain wall.
- The signpost on the front is the easiest way to tell this mug from look-alikes: it lists five places, with Texas at 1,275 at the top, Vermont at 893, Florida at 675, and Australia and Michigan below.
- Our checklists list several other Charlotte mugs (two Been There, one Icon and one You Are Here), so confirm the series name and the green inside before buying a Discovery Series one.
