Mug

Mug

A green, hand-thrown mug, with handle, made by potter Sue Blair (AAS_PR_001) of Borve Pottery.

234

craftedobjects,scotlandobjects,highlandandislands

11/01/25

iain

English

Physical Object

788

Cup

18/12/2025

13cm x 8cm x 12cm

current,58.4,-6.44;

TEXT

https://culturality.museum/wiki/index.php/Mug

2047

Clay

Cultural

ceramics

Potters wheel, Knife, stamp, Kiln and hands.

Borve, Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Staffordshire. See Artefact AAS_AR_02_l2

Thrown by a potter using a potters wheel (AAS_AR_01). The clay is manipulated by hand as the potter’s wheel turns. After a period of air-drying, the clay is still soft enough to have handles added and stamps imprinted on the base. The handles are made by being ’pulled’ (AAS_CP_001_l1) by hand and molded on the mug base. These are then fired in a gas, or electric kiln. A glazing process takes place (to add colour to the mug) and a second ‘firing’ in the kiln.

To drink hot liquids from – Tea / coffee etc.

For sale in the retail space at the pottery.

Currently produced in batches of up to 11 at a time (for throwing and adding handles). Batches of up to 48 can be fired in the kiln.

Mugs are one of the most popular items the pottery has produced over the decades. They are functional items that many tourists purchase. The colours created in the glazes that Sue uses depict the colours of the surrounding landscape.

AAS_AR_15