Brown handmade ceramic mug with an original squirrel relief on top of a tree texture. The rim of the pottery mug was dipped in a glassy blue.
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Every piece of handcrafted pottery is made by my husband and I in our Ohio studio. Each ceramic mug is beautifully unique and perfectly imperfect just like us. Each piece of pottery will match as a dish set, but all will vary from each other with brilliant uniqueness that is the hallmark of handmade. Each ceramic coffee cup is built from flat slabs of clay and not wheel thrown. During the kiln firing process they can warp slightly out of round. This is not considered a defect, but instead it makes each drinking cup unique and interesting.
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Each handled mug is about
16-18 fluid ounces
4.5 - 5.0 inches tall
3.25 - 3.5 inches in diameter across the round tops
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Color is something that is hard to show on a computer screen as each screen shows color based on the factory settings. This squirrel mug was glazed in a warm brown. Then the rim of the stoneware mug was dipped in a glassy blue. The squirrel was glazed in a honey brown that is lighter where the glaze is thicker.
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We use only stoneware clay in our ceramic handbuilding process. Stoneware is very durable and can go in the dishwasher or microwave. That's right it is microwave safe and dishwasher safe! The pottery will warm in the microwave and when filled with hot food, so please handle it with care. Stoneware is not safe for open flames or for the thermal shock of ovens or stove tops.
Stoneware clay is fired to such a high temperature the clay is forced to vitrify- which doesn't allow any water to soak in. This makes the bare clay food safe. It is for this reason that stoneware almost always has the bottoms left *unglazed*.
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All of the pieces in our Unicorn Pottery Collection is ready to ship!