Starbucks North Dakota mug: Discovery Series
The North Dakota mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets the name in pale blue capitals on two lines over a dark green circle, with a honey jar, a bee, orange wildflowers, an ice fisherman and sunflowers. A bison, wind turbines, wheat and a horse run round the sides.
- Series
- Discovery Series
- Place
- North Dakota, 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
NORTH on one line and DAKOTA on the next, in pale blue capitals over a dark green circle.
- 2Honey jar and dipper
A large jar of golden honey with a drip running down it sits at the left edge, with an orange honey dipper above it.
- 3Bee
A striped bee with pale wings flies above the lettering, trailing a dotted line behind it.
- 4Orange wildflowers
Three orange flowers with white centres and green leaves hang at the top right of the circle. North Dakota's state flower is the wild prairie rose, which has pink petals around yellow stamens [1]; the mug doesn't say what these flowers are.[1]
- 5Ice fisherman
A man in an orange cap, a yellow checked jacket and green trousers sits on an orange stool and holds a fishing rod, with a small round hole and a splash at his feet.
- 6Fish on the line
A small orange fish dangles from the end of the fishing line at the right edge of the front.
- 7Sunflowers
A row of tall sunflowers with orange centres and green leaves stands at the lower left.
- 8Orange animal on hay bales
An orange animal with a tan chest and a rounded head stands up on a round hay bale in front of the circle. It looks like an otter or a ground squirrel, though the mug doesn't label it.
- 9Hay bales
Two round golden hay bales lie on the ground beside the animal.
- 10Bison Side view
A big orange and yellow bison with grey horns looks toward the viewer from the left of the side, standing on a grassy bank.
- 11Orange tower Side view
A tall orange, speckled tower with two dark windows and a gold tip stands at the upper right, with a green bench beside it. The mug doesn't name it.
- 12River with a boat Side view
A pale blue river with white wave marks winds across the lower middle of the side, with a small orange boat on it.
- 13Green animal Side view
A green animal with a yellow face and a flat paddle tail walks beside the river. It looks like a beaver, though the mug doesn't label it.
- 14Wind turbines Back view
Three green wind turbines of different heights turn over a bridge at the left of the back, with pale blue swirls of wind.
- 15Train on a trestle Back view
An orange locomotive pulling yellow cars crosses a green trestle bridge below the turbines.
- 16Wheat Back view
Stalks of golden and orange wheat with long leaves grow at the right of the back.
- 17Grey-blue horse Back view
A pale blue horse with white spots and a green mane trots at the right of the back, in front of piles of golden grain.
- 18Starbucks name Back view
STARBUCKS is printed vertically in dark capitals beside the handle.
The side photo is taken from above and does not show the rim, so the inside of the mug is hidden in all three photos. The bottom is not shown, and the strip directly behind the handle is out of view.
Collector notes
- The front and back photos show the mug sitting in a black presentation box. The box is not part of the mug, and the inside of the mug is not visible in any photo, so we can't say what colour it is.
- The honey jar, bee, wildflowers, ice fisherman and sunflowers are on the front. The bison, the orange tower, the winding river with a boat and the green animal are on the side, and the wind turbines, train on a trestle, wheat and horse run onto the back, so a listing photographed only from the front hides most of the drawing.
- The lettering is split over two lines, NORTH on top and DAKOTA below, in pale blue. Use that, the honey jar at the left and the dark green circle to tell it from the separate South Dakota Discovery mug.
