Enjoy your morning coffee even more when you get extra cozy with a new favorite mug that fits in the nooks and crannies of your hand just perfectly. I hear it all the time: these handles are extra comfortable. The curves fit your fingers just right, no matter the size, and allow for a few fingers to wrap inside the loop, making sure there's no fumbling about. Pair the curvy handle with dimples at the attachments, rope texture, and the angled shape of the mug's neck and your fingers are bound to linger a bit beyond your sip, luxuriating in moment of tactile pleasure. Oh my.

This stoneware handmade mug was thrown on a wheel and textured with rope (the oldest known form of surface decoration on pottery) around the majority of the exterior, the lip left smooth for easy, dribble free drinking. Then I glazed the exterior with a rich brown shade, and the interior was glazed with a glossy clear, allowing the white clay to shine through. After that I loaded it up into the kiln and fired it up to roughly 2200° F

The mug stands about 4" high, offering plenty of space to fill with your favorite beverage.

No one needs more work, so it'll be easy living with these dishwasher and microwave safe mugs. And they are definitely safe for your food and drink!

Please understand that the mugs you receive may not be these exact mugs, but I promise they will remain true to the work pictured. Pretty much, you'll enjoy what you receive unless you just really loved the way the handle crested over 1/16" of that line of rope texture. Handmade, ya hear?

Shipping, ugh, what a bummer. It's not just you, I'm not happy about how expensive it is either. USPS, UPS, FedEx, none of them are cheap. What I can offer you is 1) if you convo me your zip code I'll see if I can get a more exact, and hopefully lower, rate 2) if the shipping cost listed is more than $1 difference from the actual, I'll refund the difference 3) I can promise that all shipping materials are used (but clean!) to both keep down costs and help mama earth. I hope this helps!

The mugs are also available individually or as sets of four, look for the listing in my Etsy shop.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/92704004/brown-and-white-mug
http://www.etsy.com/listing/92704706/set-of-four-brown-and-white-glossy-rope

They're also fun to pair with my other mugs.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Citybytheseaceramics?section_id=6648012

See what else I'm offering up in my etsy shop!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Citybytheseaceramics

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http://www.citybytheseaceramics.com/
http://www.facebook.com/CityByTheSeaCeramicsKarenMahoney
twitter: @cityseaceramics
http://www.etsy.com/shop/citybytheseaceramics

Have any questions? Contact the shop owner.