Solid Brass Old MONKEY Print Block antique restaurant mug which might explain the face

which might explain the face painted on it

There is a newer hanger nailed to the cabbage side for hanging with Open side showing

Indeed it does

5" in diameter

I presume it is a mother hidden somewhere there under this wide and ambling drape of cloth--an unusual expanse as far as I've seen

Solid Brass Old MONKEY Print Block antique restaurant mug which might explain the faceSomething both funny and sweet about this stand alone MONKEY, as if poised to deliver the punchline to a joke, and or to express affection to one's dearest. There's also a Beastie Boys reference embedded in it, which I very much like. 2" x 15 16" x 1 2". Excellent presumed antique condition, solid brass, heavy for its size.