Cool little item , greenacres !
D'ya think it is designed to hold beer/mead ?
It sure (I don't know the dimentions) looks like a plan for somebody(s) to get hammered , though ; "Yes , dear ... the mug told me to ..." .
Neat research story , so far .
I've got some original Phil documents (newpaper-sized) from the 1870's , census stuff , I'm pretty sure .... will haul them out just to see if there happens to be anything valid on 'em , related to the folks/addresses IMO it's a good thing to have any original (of the time period) docs , v/s the photocopied & such , for a provenance ... give me a few days , please .... they're old & fragile , like me !