A vintage mug featuring an image of the McLaren M23 race car, a popular Formula 1 car from the 1970s.

Vintage Japanese mug, produced between the 1970s and 1980s

(Stamp on the bottom: "ROYAL HAND PAINT CHINA". This mark indicates that the piece is made of Chinese porcelain.)

It bears the logo

"World Champion & Super Car"

It features a drawing of a Formula 1 race car.

The logo of the McLaren M23 racing car, which was part of the Formula 1 World Championship, was designed by Gordon Kubbock and built by the McLaren team.

• The team raced it successfully from 1973 to 1977.
• The car won the World Drivers' Championship with Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974, and with James Hunt in 1976.
• Texaco Marlboro was the team's main sponsor during that period.
• The mug displays the phrase "WORLD CHAMPION & SUPER CAR", as well as "1/24 SCALE" (1/24 scale).