Friday, June 29, 2007

history again




(historic glazed mugs, unglazed mugs by Gary Rith)
Colonial mugs (1600-1700), and mugs by me inspired by them.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now those look like something to quaf cool ale and wines from on a hot day after defending the realm!

I say,well done my good sir!

Anonymous said...

Either a monster coffee or maybe as much as a pint of beer. Those pitchers down there are quite big.

GenX at 40 said...

Hmmm...a line of historically accurate beer mugs from the 1600s and 1700s...I wonder what beer blog might run a free ad linking to that? Hmmm???

Anonymous said...

love that mug on the right gary - just my sort of mug - particularly if you do it in red, can I see a pic when you finish it? pweeez

Anonymous said...

oh crap - I meant the mug on the left, duhhhh lou

gary rith said...

Well, my red glaze is not bright brick red like the pictured mug, I am using my brown glaze, which is a toffee or caramel color usually. Baking today, out Tuesday eve.