American Toby Jug Museum 

Groot character jug produced in China for Vandor of Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 2016. Groot is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (November 1960). An extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, the original Groot first appeared as an invader that intended to capture humans for experimentation. The character can only say the repeated line "I am Groot", but has different meanings depending on context.