Broken cups and pottery throwdowns

I am very fussy about my cups. If it’s coffee a mug will do just fine but if it’s tea it has to be one of china, nice and thin. Don’t ask me why it just tastes better. Imagine my dismay when one of my favourites, a plain white porcelain mug with the word tea in traditional typewriter face in red was smashed to smithereens when the dishwasher was being emptied. I won’t mention names but I was not a happy bunny. Thing is I could not remember where I had bought it from so hit Google for some ideas.

Then I came across Keith. Now to those of you who are Pottery Throwdown officianados you will know instantly who Keith is. The larger than life character who gets proper emosh when he sees competitors ceramic efforts. It is a real treat for me to buy something so frivolous I guess so there I am trawling the net and lo and behold Keith sells his designs on line. Now I am under no illusion that his fair meaty hands ever touched my cup in its making but it is stamped beneath with Keith’s name and in nice green typewriter font proudly exclaims “best of british”. Perfick as they say.

You can get all sorts of polite and less polite and some seriously bad ass words and phrases on your teacup or mug so am relieved that when mine was being replaced by the culprit who broke my other bit of old china he went for something respectable. I mean what would I say when I’m entertaining the vicar!

Not only did my teacup come carefully boxed and wrapped it came with some pretty fine looking teabags and a Beatrix Potter postcard on the reverse of which the packer had written a personalised and thoughtful message, now that is attention to detail and as if by magic they knew I was not a happy bunny and the character on the postcard was Peter Rabbit, coincidence? I think not. If you would like your own Keith Brymer Jones teacup or mug for yourself or for a gift I would highly recommend, visit the website here