Flowers Cornflower 1/2 Pint Mug - Unique Handmade & Hand Decorated English Earthenware Tea/Coffee Mug | Emma Bridgewater

Ceramic Coffee & Tea Mugs. Whether it's a large coffee mug or a unique hand painted mug you're after, you'll have an abundance of options with our huge mug collection - with new lines being added regularly. These decorative English earthenware mugs are handmade with love, designed with colourful patterns and beautiful landscapes which you can also personalise with the wordings of your choice. Start your collection today. Let’s hear it for the cornflower! The flowers on this Cornflower 1/2 Pint Mug look very happy and sprightly, but did you know that cornflowers were once viewed as a weed in cornfields and nearly wiped out? Thankfully, cornflowers live on. These cottage-garden plants are as pretty as a picture; we’ve captured every line and shade of their star-like outer florets and blackish buds through the hand-applied litho pattern on this coffee mug. Did you also know the cornflower is commonly called bachelor's button? In Victorian times, single young men would tuck one into their jacket buttonhole to signal that they were available for marriage. (Maybe our hand-crafted pottery mug could make a fun present for any unattached friend as a subtle way of advertising their availability?)

Price: £26.00 from Emma Bridgewater