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This is a collectible ceramic beer mug called "A Century of Basketball", released in 1993. The mug was made by the Brazilian Ceramarte manufactory specifically for the American company Avon. This is a limited edition with a unique number dedicated to the history of basketball. The case depicts relief scenes of a game, and a basketball player figurine is located on the lid made of food-grade tin.
At the bottom, along the edge, there is an inscription about the date of creation of the basketball game — December 1891, as well as the place of its origin — Springfield, Massachusetts. The height of the product is about 24.5 cm, the volume is 1 liter.
Basketball legend James Naismith (1861-1939) is depicted near the handle of a beer mug in a black suit. Naismith was a physical education teacher at Springfield College (Massachusetts, USA). He invented the game on December 21, 1891, to keep students engaged in indoor sports during the winter cold. Naismith used two ordinary wooden peach baskets, which he nailed to the balcony railing of the gym at a height of about 3 meters. Initially, he formulated only 13 rules. Most of them, for example, the ban on running with the ball in his hands (dribbling appeared later), formed the basis of the modern game. In 1936, basketball was included in the program of the Olympic Games in Berlin, and James Naismith personally attended the tournament as a guest of honor, making the first face-off.
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