Thursday, May 5, 2022

Finding a Jubilee Mug

There has never been a platinum Jubilee in this country (or anywhere?), and I'm fairly sure there might never be again - regardless, I certainly won't see one, so I wanted at least one bit of memorabilia to mark the occasion, and that someone will probably pick up in a charity shop when I'm long gone and be delighted with!

It's a tricky business to find just the right object though, For once I'm not after a book. It had to be something I liked and that appealed to my magpie instincts, but not so expensive that I would never use it. So far I haven't seen a lot of stuff coming through - we have a healthy crop of books about the queen at work, Emma Bridgewater has some plain and ultimately uninspiring mugs, ditto M&S with biscuit tins - I don't much like their shortbread either so they're really not tempting me.

I have found an Angela Harding mug produced for the National Portrait Gallery though. I like her work a lot (Christmas wouldn't be the same without one of her advent calenders), the mug was £35 which is a lot for a mug (enough that I guess I won't see them everywhere) but still just in that usable bracket. I ordered it.


It arrived today and looks even better than in its picture - it's a good size (will hold a proper cup of tea) a nice weight (I like bone china, this isn't too heavy, but not flimsy either) and the colours are very much to my taste so I feel like I've absolutely cracked this one. I might keep an eye out for a cheap tea towel, a syrup tin, and if I get lucky, a decent whisky, to further mark the occasion. 

Is anybody else on the lookout for something particular? 

4 comments:

  1. Strewth! 35 quid for a mug! I do like Angela Harding, but 35 pounds? really?

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    1. Cheaper and more practical than a bottle of champagne. I hope it'll one day be as desirable as something like an Eric Ravilious coronation mug. More than is normally spend on a mug ? Yes, a lot, but I didn't buy it to primarily drink my tea out of and I really like it.

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    2. I bought one from Fortnum & Mason ... I shall be very careful with it ... https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-platinum-jubilee-mug?gclid=CjwKCAjws8yUBhA1EiwAi_tpEelhXkrrS2MOoQsPOJGpFnz1gHBeatz4mkPf5kkNc4jU13D9bjCV0hoCDfwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

      Crafted in the heart of the Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent, this exclusive fine bone china Mug is part of our limited-edition Platinum Jubilee collection. 35 quid ...

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    3. Crafted in the heart of the Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent, this exclusive fine bone china Mug is part of our limited-edition Platinum Jubilee collection. 35 quid but I shall take good care of it ...
      https://www.fortnumandmason.com/fortnums-platinum-jubilee-mug?gclid=CjwKCAjws8yUBhA1EiwAi_tpEelhXkrrS2MOoQsPOJGpFnz1gHBeatz4mkPf5kkNc4jU13D9bjCV0hoCDfwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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